Online articles, books, ephemera, illustrations, manuscripts, monographs,
patents, periodicals, webdocs, bibliographies, newsletters and other historic etexts of interest to
basketmakers.
Don't pay the Internet Auction opportunists for a .pdf download of a historic,
old or out of print publication about
baskets, basketry or
basket weaving, when the good folks at the
Internet Archive,
On-Line Digital Archive of Weaving Documents, Ethnomathematics Digital
Library and others have arranged to provide it for free. Spread the word
about this page of resources so that you and other basket weavers aren't taken
advantage of.
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Digital Archive of Documents Related to Basketry
An extensive collection of articles, eBooks, ephemera, illustrations,
manuscripts, monographs, patents, periodicals, webdocs and other etexts of
interest to basketmakers. Assembled by Ralph Griswold and Tess Parrish at the
University of Arizona. They also make copies available on CD for a fee.
Ethnomathematics Digital
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Basketry eBooks on Google Book Search
Basket Making eBooks on Google Book Search
Handweaving.net Digital Archive
Digital archive on weaving, textiles, lace, and related topics including
basketry organized by Ralph Griswold and Kris Bruland. Includes many public
domain copies of basketmaking publications and a large collection of weaving
tie-up drafts.
Internet Archive
Individual Titles:
(more individual titles will be added as time allows as an aid in locating the
host repository)
Practical Basketry by Anna Gill
First published in 1916, this basic basketry book is available for a free
download from Google Book Search. Don't bother paying an auction opportunist for
this basketmaking ebook.
McAfee, Mary Jane,
b. 1840 - The Pine-needle Basket Book (1911)
Also available from
Google
Book Search
Rattan Machinery
Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, 1876 describes and illustrates the
machinery used to process rattan for import into America from Singapore for use
in basket weaving in the late 19th century.
Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn. Raphia and Reed Weaving, Milton Bradley,
(1901)
Baleen
Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo
Digitized version of the baleen basketry book by Molly Lee made available by the Commission on Inupiaq History, Language and Culture.
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Baskets
in Polynesia
This book by Wendy Arbeit has been reproduced with permission from the publisher
in ebook format as part of the resources assembled by Ethnomath.org. The book
includes plaited basketry techniques from the South Pacific. Diagrams for the
Chinese knot (page 110), French braid and many types of twill plaiting are
included. The ebook is in .pdf format and you will need an adobe reader to view
it. |
Bird, Adrian J.
The craft of Hawaiian lauhala weaving (1982)
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 154 pgs. Includes chapters on the Hala
Tree, selection and preparation of Lauhala, the Nihoniho Headband, the
Straight-Edged Headband, Bracelets and Napkin Rings, Place Mats, a Lauhala Fan,
Lauhala Baskets. Appendix: Hawaiian Terms Used in Lauhala Weaving. Selected
Bibliography.
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Basket Willow Culture
By George N. Lamb.
Google Book Search makes a free reprint of this classic article from a
1914 issue of Farmers' Bulletin 622, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Washington,
D.C., available. This publication discusses the various kinds of basket
willows and the methods of growing them which have been found best as a
result of experiments conducted at the forest service willow farm at
Arlington, Va., and a study of private holts throughout the country. It
also deals with the cost of establishment and maintenance of willow
bolts and the opportunities for marketing the products. |
Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn. Raphia and reed Weaving, Milton Bradley, 1901
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