basketry
noun
bas·ket·ry
ˈba-ski-trē 
plural basketries
1
2
: the art or craft of making baskets or objects woven like baskets
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Think of basketry and fish traps, interlaced houses, and freedom.
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airmail.news, 27 July 2024
The museum’s exhibits span from time immemorial to recent history, including scale replicas of the Indian Canyons, Cahuilla basketry and black-and-white photography from the early years of Euro-American settlement.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
From patterns in basketry to painting, sculpture and even cave drawings, Indigenous peoples with no written language nevertheless contrive to preserve histories and cultures.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
That left little time for art like basketry or making personal adornment.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2024
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airmail.news, 27 July 2024
The museum’s exhibits span from time immemorial to recent history, including scale replicas of the Indian Canyons, Cahuilla basketry and black-and-white photography from the early years of Euro-American settlement.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
From patterns in basketry to painting, sculpture and even cave drawings, Indigenous peoples with no written language nevertheless contrive to preserve histories and cultures.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
That left little time for art like basketry or making personal adornment.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Basketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basketry. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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basketry
noun
bas·ket·ry
ˈbas-kə-trē
1
: the art or craft of making objects (as baskets) by weaving or braiding long slender pieces
2
: objects produced by basketry
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