A Treasury of California Baskets
, produced by Tree Of Peace Productions, is a video being offered for sale.
There are also some lovely photos of Native American baskets on the ad page
Basket care, collection, appraisal
information offered by Len Wood's Indian Territory
Basket Cases in the Uinta Mountains analysis and detail of basketry design and construction compiled by Ashley National Forest.
Basketry Heritage of Red Bays
Exerpt of student project by Donna King, Summer 1996.
Beargrass used for many baskets, here is an article about it!
Chokwe Baskets:
Cultural Continuity in Exile.(basket weaving culture of the Chokwe) from
Angola.
Crafts Report
has published an article on the rise of Collecting of Fiber and Metals
Dat So La Lee, purported to be "the most famous basketmaker in the world", is featured in this article provided by V.I. Reed and Cane. Dat-So-La-Lee
, another brief biography of this basketmaker, often called "The Best".
Another article about Dat-So-La-Lee
from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
Entwined with Life an amazing exhibition of Native American Basketry, including more than 500 works of all different techniques, but of course including coiling. Play the basketry identification game!
Extension Service Promoted Women's Home Industry Through Craft Activityby Erin Kellen.
History. an article from Alabama Center for Traditional Culture
From Africa to South Carolina - The Sea Grass Basket Tradition.
Guidelines for Gathering: Collecting 101, by basketmaker and teacher Kay Harradine! Learn how and what to gather from nature for basketry use.
Hopi Basketry Techniques
Native American Arts, Artifacts, and Archaeology
narrative with some basket photo links, including coiled info.
Native American Coil Basketry
an article presented by Tara Prindle of Native Tech.
National Park Service description of Native American Basketry
National Park Service
Photos of National Treasures:
North American Shed Hunters Association
, a club for people who find naturally shed antlers, has a
listing of agencies by state
, which will help you determine if you can legally possess or sell antler
baskets in your state.
Pine Tree Key
for those of you gathering in the San Gabriel Mountains...here is a good way
to determine what sort of pine needles you have! Thanks, Kendra, this is a
great reference!
Pine Needle Options
by Peg Arnoldussen. Descriptions of various pine trees
and where they occur, with input from
lots of different coilers.
Pine Needle Basketmaking in North Carolina, USA
a poster from an ethnobotany conference, prepared by James E. Mickle
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University. Thanks very much for
permission to duplicate this poster.
Pomo Indians
Basket history, stories from weavers,
historic photos, and
detailed descriptions of materials. Pomo feather baskets are
completely covered with feathers, which are inserted as the basket
is coiled, and one is as small as a thimble.
Jesse Peter Museum Pomo Coiled basketry
. Part of the Santa Rosa Junior College, this is an introduction to Pomo
coiled basketry.
Pomo Indian Basket
on display by Australian Museum.
Preparing baleen for baskets
. Mary Jane Litchard (Inupiaq Indian), describes in detail how she harvests and
prepares baleen for coiling into baskets.
Sanger Depot Museum's
Indian Basket room, describes the Yokut basketry of Central California. Yokut
Indians were known for a variety of styles, including coiled trays, and cooking
baskets.
Information and History About the Sweetgrass Basket
How It All Began, Sweetgrass basket Naking in the South.
Sweetgrass: History, Basketry, and Constraints to Industry Growth
Tahono O'odham basketry description of basketry.
Tree Help.com if you need to identify a tree, here's your site!
Utility Baskets for Traditional Daily Life
describes the daily uses of many baskets by Native Amercian tribes, such as
Havasupi and Apache.
Links on this page open in a separate window. Click on photos for a larger
view!
background by
Greg Norton,
used by permission.
Anasazi coiled baskets,
and other information about Anasazi.
Hopi Basket History
Hopi Basketry Presentation
for a college class.. includes history, uses, methods of
weaving, shows old tools, and includes a bibliography.
Historic Information
Papago (Tahono O'odham) Indians
Navajo ceremonial baskets:
description, old baskets,
Navajo chants, references.
Shapes and uses of California Basketry
.
Sweetgrass
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