[Front] "A fine Piece of Indian Basketry, and Little Indian Girl, Albuquerque, N.Mex." [Back] A FINE PIECE OF INDIAN BASKETRY. Here is a real basket of love, a plump Indian baby in a portly Indian basket. Native babies, all the world over, have this lovable plumpness, and bright brown of black eye peer out laughingly from under a shock of brown hair; and the whole is very delightful. This little girl is wearing Navajo (nav' a Ho) bangles and necklace, all of hammered silver; but the bad set in which she is standing is of Pima workmanship. Basketry is one if the great arts of the Southwest, and is a widespread inheritance from the ancient cliff-dwellers. The Hopi and other Pueblo Indians make peculiar plaques and baskets, which are found nowhere else; so do the Apaches, who also make queer carrying baskets shaped to fit on the back, and trays of an open weave. The Pima baskets are very like those of the Apache, but the border is braided. The Navajos make "marriage-baskets", but not many of them. Basketwork cradles are made by the Hopis and Apaches. Some of the finely-plaited baskets, such as the one in the picture, are capable of holding water; the Apaches make water-tight baskets by coating them with pinon gum. The art of basketry is seen at its best in the baskets made in California, near Tulare Lake. North of this, even finer baskets are made by the Mariposi Indians. Finest and most delicate of all are those made by the Pomo Indians. These are most wonderfully ornamented with brightly-colored feathers of the quail, goldfinch, oriole, mallard and other birds, and are much prized by collectors. A peculiar form of flat tray, used in the game of dice, and known and highly valued as "gambling-baskets", is made by the Mariposans
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[Front] "A fine Piece of Indian Basketry, and Little Indian Girl, Albuquerque, N.Mex." [Back] A FINE PIECE OF INDIAN BASKETRY. Here is a real basket of love, a plump Indian baby in a portly Indian basket. Native babies, all the world over, have this lovable plumpness, and bright brown of black eye peer out laughingly from under a shock of brown hair; and the whole is very delightful. This little girl is wearing Navajo (nav' a Ho) bangles and necklace, all of hammered silver; but the bad set in which she is standing is of Pima workmanship. Basketry is one if the great arts of the Southwest, and is a widespread inheritance from the ancient cliff-dwellers. The Hopi and other Pueblo Indians make peculiar plaques and baskets, which are found nowhere else; so do the Apaches, who also make queer carrying baskets shaped to fit on the back, and trays of an open weave. The Pima baskets are very like those of the Apache, but the border is braided. The Navajos make "marriage-baskets", but not many of them. Basketwork cradles are made by the Hopis and Apaches. Some of the finely-plaited baskets, such as the one in the picture, are capable of holding water; the Apaches make water-tight baskets by coating them with pinon gum. The art of basketry is seen at its best in the baskets made in California, near Tulare Lake. North of this, even finer baskets are made by the Mariposi Indians. Finest and most delicate of all are those made by the Pomo Indians. These are most wonderfully ornamented with brightly-colored feathers of the quail, goldfinch, oriole, mallard and other birds, and are much prized by collectors. A peculiar form of flat tray, used in the game of dice, and known and highly valued as "gambling-baskets", is made by the Mariposans.
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