Native American basketry is one of the earliest art forms. The Indians made them as utilitarian pieces for storage, holding water and even cooking.

Basketry is an ancient craft of the Indian people; it even precedes pottery making. Baskets used for cooking were lined with clay, and water vessels were covered with pine pitch. Today basket making has developed into a fine art, that few Native Americans continue to practice.

Where baskets were once a common item among all tribes, the art has now disappeared among many Native Americans, and the handful of weavers that continue this ancient craft are few and far between.



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