Roberts discusses the amazing basketry skills of the San Carlos Apache.

This 6-1/2" x 9-1/2", soft cover book contains 100 pages including 27 figures which include full page plates of basket design elements.  $12.95    

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION HABITAT GATHERING AND PREPARATION OF MATERIALS      Tools      Materials METHODS OF WEAVING AND TYPICAL FORMS      Twined Work      Burden Baskets      Ollas or Water Jars      Close Coiled Work      Caulking      Mending FORMS AND PROPORTIONS      Uses of Forms ORNAMENTATION      The Design in Relation to the Field      Twined Work      Coiled Work      General Character of Designs      Subdivision and Adaptation of Elements      Summary of Characterization of Style SPECIFIC DESIGNS AND ELEMENTS      Interpretations      Variations DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF SAN CARLOS WORK THE INDIVIDUAL CRAFTSWOMAN IN BASKETRY SUGGESTED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HISTORY OF THE ART SAN CARLOS ART COMPARED TO THAT OF OTHER SOUTHWESTERN GROUPS ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Map of the Southwestern Area 2. Basketry Materials of the White Mountain Apache 3. Details of a San Carlos Double-Coiled Basket 4. San Carlos Double-Coiled Tray 5. San Carlos Twined Weave Burden Baskets 6. San Carlos Twined Weave Burden Baskets 7. Pins for Securing the Handles on Burden Baskets 8. San Carlos Pitched Water Jars 9. San Carlos Bowls, Coiled Ware 10. Modern San Carlos Bowls of Coiled Ware 11. San Carlos Bowls of Coiled Ware of the Middle Period 12. San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls, Ancient and Modern, showing Variations of the Lightning Design 13. San Carlos Double-Coiled Olla or Water Jar 14. Old San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls, used for Cooking and Serving Food 15. Coiled Ollas from Fort Apache Reservation 16. Modern Unpitched San Carlos Coiled Ollas 17. Modern Unpitched San Carlos and Tonto Apache Coiled Ollas 18. Outlines of Forms of Old and New San Carlos Bowls 19. Modern San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls 20. Chemehuevi Coiled Ware Bowls 21. Chemehuevi Coiled Ware Unpitched Ollas 22. Ancient and Modern San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls, showing Variants of the Sun Design 23. Variants of Superimposed Triangle Designs 24. Designs on San Carlos Twined Ware Burden Baskets 25. Design Elements taken from San Carlos Coiled Ware Ollas 26. Design Elements taken from San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls 27. Variants of the Sun Design taken from San Carlos Coiled Ware Bowls Sample  Plates - click on image to enlarge