Research Catalog

Title

Indian baskets of Northern California and Oregon / Ralph Shanks ; Lisa Woo Shanks, editor.

Author

Shanks, Ralph C.

Publication

• Novato, CA : Costaño Books in association with the Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin, [2015]
• Seattle, WA : Distributed by University of Washington Press.
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

Shanks, Lisa Woo

Description

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 29 cm.

Summary

"A richly illustrated, detailed study of the Native American basketry of this fascinating region. The book is the result of decades of research by Ralph Shanks who is a careful scholar and delightful author.The book covers the basketry of the Yurok, Hupa, Karuk, Wiyot, Tolowa, Wintu, Yana, Atsugewi, and other California cultures. It also details the baskets of Oregon peoples including the Klamath, Kalapuya, Wasco, Coos, Tillamook, Tututni, and others. The book features nearly 200 previously unpublished color photographs of baskets of Northern California and Oregon from museums and private collections in the United States and Europe."

Series Statement

• Indian baskets of California and Oregon series ; volume III
• MAPOM publication ; number 10

Uniform Title

• Indian baskets of California and Oregon series ; v. 3.
• MAPOM publication ; no. 10.

Subject

• Indian baskets > California, Northern > History
• Indian baskets > Oregon > History
• Basket making > California, Northern > History
• Basket making > Oregon > History
• Indians of North America > Material culture > California, Northern
• Indians of North America > Material culture > Oregon
• Basket making
• Indian baskets
• Indians of North America > Material culture
• Northern California
• Oregon

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works
• History
• Illustrated works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780930268220
• 0930268229

OCLC

913601128

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library