Basket weaving

The Coast Salish Basket makers and Canoe Cavers Art played a major part in Northwest Coast Culture. The Coast Salish tribe is well known for its unique art culture. Salish coast art has a diverse range of creations in performing, expressing imaginative and technical skills. Salish art is appreciated for their beauty and spirituality. Their artwork defines their pride and each work of art tells its own story. The art is both functional and, at the same time is paired with cultural art of Salish…

the baskets they create. The uses of their baskets, as well as their design and materials, are somewhat unique to them. While these baskets aren’t made anymore, they are still an interesting sight to behold. Most of the original baskets were made of willow sprouts, which are normally white. These willow sprouts were dried for use by the sun, creating its yellow color. Other materials included devilsclaw seed pods in their design, as well as yucca root, which was used sparingly in a few baskets.…

women were farmers and housemakers. As mentioned above, men and women duties were divided; therefore, they were equally able to participate and contribute in their daily activities. Also, they were acknowledged for their beadwork, wood carvings and baskets. For transportation, they made dugout canoes that were used for fishing…

In 1997, the Longaberger Basket Company built its headquarters in Newark, Ohio. However, anyone who glances at the building is guaranteed to do a double-take. At first glance, the building looks like a giant basket, complete with handles. The company’s founder, Dave Longaberger, oversaw the design, stating, “if they can put a man on the moon, they can certainly build a building that’s shaped like a basket.” He was able to create this eye-catching metaphor by integrating the parts of a building…

The males were the medicine men, warriors, and chiefs. The female’s role was to raise the children, harvest fruit and crops, cook, and participate in rain dances, basket weaving, and pottery. Both genders took part in storytelling, traditional medicine, music and artwork (Roth, 2006). Both male and female helped to build houses called wickiups, which is a small round or cone-shaped house, made from a wooden frame covered…

as they made dwelling and shelter in what is known as a Hogan. These homes are perfect for their location because they are somewhat insulated to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The Navajo people additionally used their weaving skills to create baskets, and blankets…

taking out thousands of dollars in debt in order to do so. If someone is told to go to college to study whatever they want, they better be informed of what they will be able to do with that degree. If I was passionate about weaving baskets and decided to major in basket-weaving, I’d be living on the streets. Is that the system’s fault for telling me to study what I was passionate about, or is it my own for not being diligent about my…

the future. The family guides the future of a child by placing or burying the umbilical cord near a corral, the fields, the home, or near the loom. These placements will guide the child’s path to tending the sheep or horses, farming, homemaker or weaving (Schwarz, 1997). There is special importance in adaptation of this ritual as it guides the child’s path, for one whose cord is lost or is not tended to can cause a child to not be grounded or wander in their path. The Diné are skilled at…

The Carbis Ever wonder where the Caribean Sea got its name from? The answer to that is from one of the main tribes of indigenous people called the Carbis, a warlike tribe with cannibalistic customs that lived in the Lesser Antilles islands, a string of islands, between Florida and Venezuela, encloses the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea ,the other tribe was called Arawak more known as Taino. Before the explorers came the Carib tribes were mostly a patriarchal society with the men being…

Essay Did you know that the Sioux, Haida, Inuit are three of Canada’s first people? They all have more in common than you might think. The Haida, Inuit, and the Sioux all are the same and different at the same time. The tribes all hunt, speak languages, build houses and create art. Tribes Alike Even though the Haida, Inuit, and the Sioux sound different, they have a lot of things in common. The Haida, Sioux, and Inuit all hunt. The reason hunting is common among the tribes, is…