Author : George Wharton James
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267487202
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (872 download)
Book Synopsis Poetry and Symbolism of Indian Basketry (Classic Reprint) by : George Wharton James
Download or read book Poetry and Symbolism of Indian Basketry (Classic Reprint) written by George Wharton James and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poetry and Symbolism of Indian Basketry There is little doubt but that basket-weaving was Simultaneously discovered and developed in many different lands, but in no country has it reached SO high a state Of development as on the Western Coast of North America. The finest baskets of the world have been made by the Pomas, the Gualalas, the Tulares, the Monos, the Shoshones, the Indians of the Kern River, and the Aleuts Of Alaska. Much of aboriginal life is revealed in a study of the uses of Indian Baskets, for to these primitive people, unacquainted with vessels made of wood, glass, iron, brass, or of any of the metals, the basket was called upon to serve practically every purpose. It was used at wed dings, dances, medicine, and other ceremonies. The baby's cradle, the mother's treasure-basket, the family mush-bowl, the jars for stor ing and carrying water, the basket seed - winnowers, the basket drums. The fans for striking seed into the carrying-baskets, the gambling plaques, are but a few of the thousand and one uses to which the basket is placed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.