Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies In Textile Art Without Machinery

OTIS TUFTON MASON

Publication: The Rio Grande Press, Inc, 1984, Glorieta, New Mexico

Reprint of Scarce 1904 original printing. Cloth. Publisher's Preface. Pages 171-548, plus 248 additional Plates. Illustrated with drawings throughout, the Plates are all full-page plates of photographs of baskets and/or basket-makers. Appears in the Annual Report of the Board Of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,...For the Year Ending June 30, 1902. Report of the U.S. National Museum. "This work is a comprehensive and important study of Native-American basketry. As the first curator of the Smithsonian ethnological collection, the author of this work, Otis Mason, 'provided direction and much of the hands-on work for that large, sometimes very inclusive, and, in contrast to many others, well-documented collection.'" Furthermore, Mason’s patient and persistent research in his collection is clearly indicated by his many publications on material culture." The classic work on Indian Basketry, and the cornerstone of any collection! As New.