Weaving a legacy : Indian baskets & the people of Owens Valley, California

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Weaving a legacy : Indian baskets & the people of Owens Valley, California / Sharon E. Dean [and others].

Dean, Sharon E., 1959- (Added Author).

Summary:

Owens Valley, situated on the western edge of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and White-Inyo mountain ranges, has been home for thousands of years to the Owens Valley Paiute and their southern neighbors, the Panamint Shoshone. The willow baskets created by both groups are noteworthy for their complex construction and durability, and the materials and design of the baskets reflect available resources as well as the seminomadic existence that characterized life in the Great Basin for generations. Since the mid-nineteen-century arrival of non-Indians into the Valley, the baskets have changed; Weaving a Legacy places those changes within the region's dramatic social history. This volume closely examines basketry tehcniques and technology, historic weavers and their lineages, contemporary weavers, and basket collectors. -- Book cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0874808073
ISBN: 9780874808070
ISBN: 0874808081
ISBN: 9780874808087
Physical Description: viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Publisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Gathering the willow : Paiute life in Owens Valley prior to contact -- Splitting the willow : the effects of non-Indian exploration and settlement on Paiute life -- Weaving the willow : basketry of the Owens Valley Paiutes -- Treasuring the willow : a history of basket collecting in Owens Valley -- Replanting the willow : contemporary weavers of Owens Valley.