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Title A Key into the language of woodsplint baskets / edited by Ann McMullen and Russell G. Handsman ; with essays by Joan Lester .. [and others].

Publication Info. Washington, Conn. : American Indian Archaeological Institute, 1987.

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  746.41 KEY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  OV 746.41 KEY    Check Shelf
Description 196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190) and index.
Contents "We didn't make fancy baskets until we were discovered" : fancy-basket making in Maine / Joan Lester -- Space and work in Maliseet basket-making / Tom McFeat -- Weaving the woods : tradition and response in Southern New England splint basketry / Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh and William A. Turnbaugh -- Symbolic motifs on painted baskets of the Mohegan-Pequot / Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Jayne G. Fawcett -- Looking for people in woodsplint basketry decoration -- A key into technical vocabulary -- Descriptive entries for the objects / Ann McMullen -- Spirituality and survival in Schaghticoke basket-making / Trudie Lamb Richmond -- Stop making sense : toward an anti-catalogue of woodsplint basketry / Russell G. Handsman -- Public interpretation : a plurality of meanings / Mark P. Leone.
Subject Indian baskets -- New England.
Indian baskets -- Maritime Provinces.
Indian baskets -- New England -- Catalogs.
Indian baskets -- Maritime Provinces -- Catalogs.
Local Subject Indigenous baskets -- New England.
Indigenous baskets -- Maritime Provinces.
Indigenous baskets -- New England -- Catalogs.
Indigenous baskets -- Maritime Provinces -- Catalogs.
Added Author McMullen, Ann.
Handsman, Russell G.
Lester, Joan A.
American Indian Archaeological Institute.
ISBN 0936322047 paperback
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