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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Reprint from Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Wraps. Good.. Reprint. 31, [1] p. Includes illustrations. Signed by Ethel M. Springer on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some tears and chips at spine and edges This is Part P of Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 39. This was published as instructions for persons interest in the collection and preservation of American basketry. From Wikipedia: "Otis Tufton Mason, Ph.D., LL.D. (April 10, 1838 November 5, 1908) was an American ethnologist and Smithsonian Institution curator. He graduated from Columbia University in 1861, then worked there for 23 years, as principal of the college's preparatory school (1861 84). He first became affiliated with the United States National Museum in 1872, working as a collaborator in ethnology. This in 1884 turned into a full-time position as curator. In 1879 he was one of the founders of the Anthropological Society of…
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Washington DC: Mason, Otis T., 1902. First edition. Paperback. Good. Good only age-toned and collectible first edition of this important short work on American Indian basketry. Book has the ghost of an old sticker and edgewear at the spine and an area of loss on the back cover about the size of a quarter . Edgewear is mostly at the ends where the paper covers overlap the text block. Includes forty-four illustrations that depict various weaving styles admirably, so that the reader can identify the style when examining a particular basket. Baskets are complex, and this short 31 page booklet accomplishes a lot. For some reason I'm not sure of, this book has a 3-page alphabetical list of almost 200 tribes with their language stock and historic environs on the last pages. Possesses the superior clarity of text and graphics as per an original document. 397 pp. Ships securely boxed with tracking on domestic orders.
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