Weavers of tradition and beauty : basketmakers of the Great Basin / text by Mary Lee Fulkerson ; photographs by Kathleen Curtis ; foreword by Catherine S. Fowler. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulkerson, Mary Lee, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian baskets--Great Basin--Themes, motives.

Indian baskets.

Basket making--Great Basin.

Basket making.

Willow weaving--Great Basin.

Willow weaving.

Willow baskets--Great Basin.

Willow baskets.

Indian baskets--Themes, motives--Great Basin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 138 p., [16] p. of plates ) ill. (some col.), maps ;

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Weavers of Tradition and Beauty presents new information on contemporary Native American basketry of the Great Basin, largely from the viewpoint of the weavers themselves. Baskets - and the people who weave them - have always been revered and honored by Native Americans. Fulkerson and Curtis depict, in vivid text and both full color and black-and-white photographs, how their art prevails - even over adverse environmental, social, and economic conditions.

Contents:

1. This Dynamic Land

2. The People

3. The Materials

4. The Baskets

5. The Weavers

6. An Afternoon with Two Apprentices

7. The Making of a Water Jug by Evelyn Pete

8. Dances, Ceremonies, and Legends

9. The Future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-87417-438-4