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Basketry: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
H.H. Bobart, Basketwork Through the Ages (1936, reissued 1971); M.L. Lee, Basketry and Related Art (1948); G.M. Crowfoot, “Textiles, Basketry and Mats,” in A History of Technology, vol. 1 (1954); Geofrey H.S. Bushnell, “Basketry,” Encyclopedia of World Art, vol. 2, col. 387–400 (1960); H. Balfet, “La Vannerie, essai de classification,” L’Anthropologie (1952; Eng. trans. and preface by M.A. Baumhoff, “Basketry: A Proposed Classification,” in Papers on Californian Archaeology, no. 47–49, pp. 1–21, 1957), a detailed explanation of the classifications used in this article and the source of portions adapted for use here with permission of the Archaeological Survey, University of California, Berkeley; O.T. Mason, “Aboriginal American Basketry,” Annual Report, 1902 of the U.S. National Museum, pp. 171–548 (1904), a classic work on basketry; H. Munsterberg, The Folk Arts of Japan, ch. 3 (1958); Ed Rossbach, Baskets as Textile Art (1973), on the aesthetics of basket design; Gloria Roth Teleki, The Baskets of Rural America (1957), a history of the origins and techniques of basketry. See also Shereen LaPlantz, Pleated Basketry: The Woven Form (1982); John Rice Irwin, Baskets and Basket Makers in Southern Appalachia (1982).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Speaking Out - How To Make A Basket: Weaving Words For Country. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 19, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Basketry Crafts. | Aug 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Basket. | Aug 22, 2013 | ||
| Photographs of Japanese open-weave basket and Vietnamese burden basket added. | Mar 11, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 01, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Shapes and Uses of California Indian Basketry. | Jun 13, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |
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