Spruce Root Basketry of the Haida and Tlingit

by Sharon Busby

The Haida and the Tlingit people of the northern Northwest Coast are renowned for their outstanding arts, among them elegant spruce-root basketry. Prized by non-Native collectors for more than a century, these finely woven creations are found in museums and private collections all over the world. Despite the continued popularity of these baskets, there is little published about them. Sharon Busby examines the history and evolution of spruce-root basketry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983175
• ISBN13: 9780295983172
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Lucia Marquand Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.5" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher