American Indian and Eskimo Basketry: A Key to Identification

Description

Authors: Miles, Charles and Bovis, Pierre

Publisher: Bonanza

Pub Date: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition:  2 copies. Copy1:  Book: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Slight wear to head and foot of spine.  Light wear to lower corners.  Light edge wear.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  Numerous chips along upper edge, front and rear.  One approx. 2″ closed tear on front cover flap edge.  One approx. 2″ closed tear from spine head onto front cover.  Chips to spine foot.  Now in mylar.  Copy 2: Fair.  Binding tight.  Without dust jacket.

Notes: Numerous tribal baskets identified.  All-black-and-white photos.  Methods of construction, methods of identification.  All baskets are from the authors’ collections.  Baskets from Alaska, British Columbia, the Pacific Coast, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, with outliers from 4 other states (midwest and east).