“At long last, here’s a book that will inspire beginners....[This] carefully constructed guidebook leads the novice...through the basic straight and bias ba

From the Preface:"Over the years, Paulus Gerdes has established himself as the pre-eminent expert on patterns in African weaving and basketry, and the broader i

Basketry Technology, first published in 1977, is the only comprehensive guide for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and collectors for identifyin