Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth
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Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth

Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth

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Mary Dodds Schlick (Author)  

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Baskets made by the people of the mid-Columbia River are among the finest examples of Indian textile art in North America, and they are included in the collections of most major museums. The traditional designs and techniques of construction reveal a great artistic heritage that links modern basketmakers to their ancestors. Yet baskets are also everyday objects of a utilitarian nature that reveal much about mid-Columbia culture---a flat twined bag has greatest value when it is plump with dried roots, a coiled basket when full of huckleberries. In Columbia River Basketry, Mary Schlick writes about the weavers who at the time of European contact lived along the Columbia River from just above its confluence with the Yakima River westward to the vicinity of present-day Portland, Oregon, and Indian groups living along the river. She presents the baskets in the context of the lives of the people who created and used them. She also writes about the descendants of the early basket weavers, to whom basketry skills have been passed and from whom she herself learned to make baskets. Schlick blends mythology, personal reminiscences, materials, and basketry techniques. Written with deep understanding and appreciation of the artists and their work, Columbia River Basketry will be an inspirational sourcebook for basket weavers and other craftspeople. It will also serve as an invaluable reference for scholars, curators, and collectors in identifying, dating, and interpreting examples of Columbia River basketry. 178 illus., 56 in color, 23 drawings
  • Contributor: Mary Dodds Schlick
  • Imprint: University of Washington Press
  • ISBN13: 9780295972893
  • Number of Pages: 248
  • Packaged Dimensions: 203x241mm
  • Packaged Weight: 720
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Release Date: 1994-06-01
  • Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
  • Binding: Paperback / softback

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