[Signed] [First Edition] Columbia River Basketry Gift of the Ancestors

Large 8vo. Pp. xvi, 232. Frontis. black and white photo reproduction. With bibliography, index, glossary. Illustrated throughout with b&w and color photos Bound in marigold cloth with lettering in gilt on spine, burgundy endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket of basket weavers in gold, red, black and white, lettering in red and marigold. Pages are clean and crisp, corners sharp. Signed by author on title page in ink and dated 9/13/04. Ephemera laid in: event art-card printed by Grey Spider Press on the occasion of a reading by the author. Linoleum cut by Jules Remedios Faye. Co-sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company and Lieberman Booksellers, signed and numbered 21/50. A fine, bright copy. An essential reference volume for identifying and dating authentic Pacific Northwest Native American basketry. Documents the rich textile and weaving traditions of the mid-Columbia River Indigenous peoples, featuring extensive historical photographs, technical construction diagrams, and traditional design keys. A handsome copy with dust jacket now housed in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.

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