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Weaving a legacy : Indian baskets & the people of Owens Valley, California / Sharon E. Dean ... [and others].
Penn Museum Library E99.P2 W43 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paiute baskets--California--Owens Valley.
- Paiute baskets.
- Shoshoni baskets--California--Owens Valley.
- Shoshoni baskets.
- Willow baskets--California--Owens Valley.
- Willow baskets.
- Willow weaving--California--Owens Valley.
- Willow weaving.
- Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social life and customs.
- Owens Valley (Calif.).
- California--Owens Valley.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 182 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Traces the development of their handwoven baskets over time as well as the story of the dramatic social changes that came to the valley with the arrival of non-Indians.
- Contents:
- Gathering the willow : Paiute life in Owens Valley prior to contact
- Splitting the willow : the effects of non-Indian exploration and settlement
- On Paiute life
- Weaving the willow : basketry of the Owens Valley Paiutes
- Treasuring the willow : a history of basket collecting in Owens Valley
- Replanting the willow : contemporary weavers of Owens Valley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874808073
- 0874808081
- OCLC:
- 55800679
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