Weaving a Legacy - Paper: Indian Baskets and the People of Owens Valley, California

by Ellen F. Daus, Sharon Dean, Peggy S. Ratcheson, et al.

Situated on the western edge of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and White-Inyo mountain ranges, Owens Valley has been home for thousands of years to the Owens Valley Paiute and their southern neighbors, the Panamint Shoshone. The willow baskets both groups created are noteworthy for their complex construction and durability, and their materials and designs reflected available resources as well as the seminomadic existence that characterized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874808081
• ISBN13: 9780874808087
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher