TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



IntroiUiction 1S5 



1 . Dclinit inn ( .f ] )asket ry 1 SS 



Kinds of woven basketry T.K) 



Kinds of coiled l)a8ketrv l!t() 



Vocal mhiry of basket ry V-^'A 



1 1 . Materials for basketry 1<)7 



Plants nsed in basketry ( F. V. ( 'oville ) 19!» 



III. Basket making _ 214 



Ilarvestinii materials 215 



Prejjaring materials 217 



Processes of mannfactiire 221 



Woven 1 )asketry 222 



Coiled basketry 244 



Water-ti.-rht basketry 258 



Borders on 1 )asketry 259 



IV. Ornamentation on basketry 279 



Form and structnre 280 



Shapes of baskets as a wliole 282 



Mosaic elements in decoration 28(5 



Designs in decoration 295 



Ornamentation through color -'lOO 



V. Synd)olism ol2 



VI. Uses of 1 )asketry 335 



In the carrying indnstry 338 



In defense and war 341 



In dress and adornment 342 



In fine art and cnltnre :')4.'> 



In preparing and serving food 345 



In gleaning and milling •>47 



In house Iniilding and furniture 352 



In mortuary customs 353 



In relation to the potter's art 354 



As a receptacle 355 



In religion 356 



In social life 358 



In trapping 359 



In carrying water 3()0 



Alphabetical list of uses 361 



\' 1 1. F^thnic varieties of l)asketry — 363 



List of liasket-making tribes 367 



Eastern North A merica . 372 



Alaska and the North Pacific 391 



Athapascan coileil basketry 392 



Eskimo basketry 395 



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