Indian Basketry by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 7, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 19.

Indian Basketry

By Editor

“Indian Basketry, and How to Make Indian and Other Baskets.” Illustrated. Fourth edition. Revised and enlarged. By George Wharton James. Price $2.50. Henry Malkan, New York.

This book is written in the happy style of this well-known author. He furnishes much of his information from first-hand acquaintance with Indians, and has also had at his service the results of other scientists, Government experts, the United States Bureau of Ethnology, and the Smithsonian Institution. This vast amount of information Dr. James has woven together with rare skill, as becomes the subject of his book. There are eighteen chapters in the book, on Basketry the Mother of Pottery, Basketry in Indian Legend and Ceremonial, Materials and Colors, Weaves and Stitches, Forms and Designs, Uses and Symbolisms, Baskets to Be Prized, Decadence of the Art, Hints to the Collector, Bibliography, Appendix, and How to Make Indian and Other Baskets. There are more than a half thousand illustrations. For teachers who are giving instruction in raffia work, in basket weaving or chair caning, we know of no better help or inspiration than this book. The SIGNS OF THE TIMES will furnish it for our teachers if they desire. Price by mail $2.65.