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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo04amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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PRIMITIVE ART ^7 referred to in the description of Califomian designs. These de- signs also occur in the basketry from the interior of the State of Washington (Case R 12). The forms which we observ^e on the coast of Washington have also in- fluenced the type of basketry of the tribe of Cape Flattery, a branch of the Nootka, whose culture is similar to that of the more northern coast tribes. Among them we find many fine baskets with geometrical designs (Case N 10). These baskets are made on a foundation of cedar-bark, w^iile the designs are exe- cuted in colored and bleached grass- stems. )\Iost of the designs resemble in character the geometric designs of the southern coast tribes. It is, however, peculiar to
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