How to make baskets . i78 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS may be used for the spokes and coil, and raffia for the weaver. Thestitch is the sameexcept that the rowsare brought close to-gether, and as theweaving progresses ;the spokes, being quitepliable, bend forwardin the direction theFlG- 47 weaving takes ; mak- ing an unusual and attractive surface (see Fig. 47).. What the Basket Means tothe Indian CHAPTER XV WHAT THE BASKET MEANS TO THE INDIANBY NELTJE BLANCHAN Not through a written literature, not throughmusic, architecture, sculpture or painting, as weunderstand the fine arts, has the North AmericanI
How to make baskets . i78 HOW TO MAKE BASKETS may be used for the spokes and coil, and raffia for the weaver. Thestitch is the sameexcept that the rowsare brought close to-gether, and as theweaving progresses ;the spokes, being quitepliable, bend forwardin the direction theFlG- 47 weaving takes ; mak- ing an unusual and attractive surface (see Fig. 47).. What the Basket Means tothe Indian CHAPTER XV WHAT THE BASKET MEANS TO THE INDIANBY NELTJE BLANCHAN Not through a written literature, not throughmusic, architecture, sculpture or painting, as weunderstand the fine arts, has the North AmericanIndian yet expressed the intellectual and spiritualaspirations of the race; but chiefly through theartistic handicrafts of the women. While primitive man, of all races, waged warand hunted, of necessity, primitive woman wasever the constructive element in society, the home-maker, the conserver of industry and thrift, themanufacturer, through simple, homely processes,of the raw products of nature into useful andsometimes beautiful forms, the inventor of manycrafts, the mother of the arts, the nurse of mention only one of her contributions to civili-zation, there is the textile handicraft, invented byaboriginal women the world around to meet theneed for shelter, clothing, hats, cradles, fish andsnaring nets, mats and baskets; and so thor
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