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Basket weaving on Madeira Island, Portugal
Varieties of plaited and coiled work used in basketry. Double-thick wattle-woven tray, from the former Ruanda-Urundi, Africa. In the University Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge, England. Japanese openwork basket Vietnamese basket Pomo basket Karok container Figure 150: Basketry mask, from the Sepik region of New Guinea. In the Musee de l'Homme, Paris. 19th-century Unangax̂ (Aleut) and Inuit baskets Pomo feathered gift basket
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Varieties of plaited and coiled work used in basketry.
Double-thick wattle-woven tray, from the former Ruanda-Urundi, Africa. In the University Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge, England.
Japanese openwork basket
Vietnamese basket
Pomo basket
Karok container
Figure 150: Basketry mask, from the Sepik region of New Guinea. In the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.
19th-century Unangax̂ (Aleut) and Inuit baskets
Pomo feathered gift basket
Spiral-coiled basket with twill effect, from Białystok region, Poland; in the Musée de l'Homme, Paris.
Basket weaving on Madeira Island, Portugal
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