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Crow's Shells. Artistic Basketry of Puget Sound
by Nile Thompson and Carolyn Marr
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- Condition
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Seattle, Washington: Dushuyay Publications, 1963. [First Edition] NAP. Original wraps. Good +. 4to, pp. 80, b&w and color illustrations, description of plates pp. 70-77, bibliography pp. 78, appendix 1: puget sound basket types pp. 79, appendix 2: native basket terminology pp. 80, appendix 3: Orthography pp. 80. -- First 3 pages +2 last pages loose (could be tipped back in easily), other wise nice condition. --. "Early observers noted that the basketmakers of Puget Sound had mastered a great diversity of techniques -- coiling, twining and plaiting -- as well as distinctive decorative stitches. As a basketry region, Puget Sound is distinguished by a shared repertoire of techniques, materials and designs. Through ceremonial exchanges and intermarriage, techniques and designs were disseminated among the many village groups while certain individual and regional patterns remained distinct".-introduction.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10664
- Title
- Crow's Shells. Artistic Basketry of Puget Sound
- Author
- Nile Thompson and Carolyn Marr
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [First Edition] NAP
- Publisher
- Dushuyay Publications
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, Washington
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Modern Books, Nonfiction, Western Americana, Native American, Skokomish Indian Tribe Skokomish Reservation, Washington, Basketry, Indian Tribes, Pacific Northwest, exhibition catalogs, coast salish baskets, crow
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATIVE AMERICAN;
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Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
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