Download or read book A Photographic Guide to the Ethnographic North American Indian Basket Collection written by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and published by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Publications Department. This book was released on 1997 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photographic guidebook catalogs more than 2,500 ethnographic North American Indian baskets, dating from the late eighteenth century to 1984. In this expanded second edition, the volume includes an index that significantly enhances the book's value as a research tool. Basket photographs and descriptions are grouped by geographic region, then subdivided by tribal affiliation. Collection dates and descriptions of basic technology are provided, and proveniences, function, materials, and maker are referenced when known.