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The Navaho wedding basket -- 1938book chapter 1938 • Stewart, Omer C. (Omer Call)
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article describes the technique of making the wedding basket and its use. It also discusses the making of these baskets for trade by the Utes and Paiutes....Navaho basketry as made by Ute and Paiutebook chapter 1938 • Stewart, Omer C. (Omer Call)
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
The author, an ethnologist who did field work among the Utes and Paiutes, takes issue with Harry Tschopik, Jr.'s remark in source 91: Tschopik , that baskets made by the Paiute and Ute for use in Navajo ceremonies 'are made according to Navajo ritual...