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Title: How to make Indian and other baskets
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Indian baskets Basket making
Publisher: New York : H. Malkan

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tfH0JO ffi H N<JO 9p H 8O HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 37 be used. Then raffia is wrapped from one spoke to another, as clearlyshown in the engraving. The napkin-ring is made by wrapping theraffia around a splint or card-board base, circled into ring form, andthen edged with plaited raffia, sewed on. For the umbrella take apiece of No. 4 rattan. Glue a piece of cork upon one end. Into thismake small holes and glue therein seven lengths of No. i or No. 2 rat-tan. Then begin to wrap with raffia, giving one twist around eachspoke and going on to the next one. This mode of wrapped weavingwas long ago used by the Mohave Indians in the making of their car-rying baskets, as. shown in Indian Basketry, page 160, and later inthe chapter on Indian Stitches.
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PIG. 30. SIMPLE COILED BASKETS. Work of Students, Teachers College, New York. \ A SIMPLE BASKET FOR CHILDREN.—The coiling ofnatural colored raffia and wrapping with a strand of dyed material isan easy method for children. Take a sufficient number of strands ofraffia to make 1-4 inch coil and wrap with a strand of colored raffialeaving distances of 1-2 inch between wraps. Coil and sew back andforth holding the coil to the left, and the stitches should not be noticed.To finish let the coil gradually diminish. HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. CHAPTER VIII. THE MAT WEAVE. While mat weaving uses the warp and woof in exactly the samemanner as they are used in what I have termed the web weaving, thematerial is so different in character, and needs such different handl-ing, that it is deemed wise to differentiate and give two separate setsof lessons in their use. The earliest stages of this form of weavingall kindergarten teachers are more or less familiar with. MATERIALS REQUIRED.—A

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