Product Description: The Indians of the American Southwest fashioned baskets for many uses vital to their daily lives, from collecting seeds to carrying heavy loads. This book is a comprehensive history of this oldest southwestern craft that is unique in focusing as much on the people who made the baskets as on the baskets themselves...read more

Product Description: Indian Arts is a fascinating introduction to the arts and crafts reflected in the material culture of North American Indians. Knowledge of the skills and techniques developed by the various tribes, and the fine materials produced provides a key to understanding the rich diversity of native cultures...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)