. How to make Indian and other baskets . FIG. 25. RAFFIA BOUND PICTURE of Students, Teachers College, New York. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 27 various species Of Agave. This is also known as henequen, or sisalhemp, and is largely used for making ships cajbles, as it resists damp-ness better than the simple hemp. There are two or three species of WILLOW that are largely cul-tivated for basket-making. In Europe the Almond-leafed willow(Salix Amygdalkia) and especially the Golden Willow or osier () are used for this purpose. Most of the coarse basketryof England i
. How to make Indian and other baskets . FIG. 25. RAFFIA BOUND PICTURE of Students, Teachers College, New York. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 27 various species Of Agave. This is also known as henequen, or sisalhemp, and is largely used for making ships cajbles, as it resists damp-ness better than the simple hemp. There are two or three species of WILLOW that are largely cul-tivated for basket-making. In Europe the Almond-leafed willow(Salix Amygdalkia) and especially the Golden Willow or osier () are used for this purpose. Most of the coarse basketryof England is made from this latter species, and the finer work is madeby splitting the willow into splints and using them for wrapping, asdo the California and other Indians. Somehow the words Sisal Willow have come into use inbasketry. I am free to confess I do not know what the Sisal Willow. FIG. 160. DEERFIELD STRAW BASKETS. is and shall be glad to be enlightened. The Century Dictionary givesSisal grass and Sisal hemp, which is the fibre of the agave ixtli orhenequen, but I can find no reference to Sisal Willow. Mat splints, especially when made of palmetto or similar material,are made more pliable by slight soaking and then running between thethumb and dull edge of shears. Other materials will be found referred to in later pages showingthe infinite variety the ingenious teacher may utilize. In their preparation most of the common grasses will dry if put ina warm but shady place, and kept turned over every day. A little ex-perience will soon demonstrate the best method of curing. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. CHAPTER : HOW TO MAKE AND USE THEM. At the outset let it be understood fully that this is not presented asanything more than a chapter of suggestion and hints. Explicit di-rections in so subtle and elusive a matter as dyeing is not to be expect-ed in a
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