The first ten issues of American Indian Basketry magazine.  There were only twenty issues published before the fledgling publication ceased. 

Plus three additional issues ..... read our last few paragraphs for details.

All issues are in excellent condition.  Each issue completely unique with different subject matter.

Excellent reference material.  Historical photos.

This short-lived and highly regarded magazine was published in Portland, Oregon from March, 1979 through December, 1985.  Most issues are 35 pages in length.

The subscribers included a long list of museums, auction houses, universities, colleges and Indian tribes including the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby's, the University of California at L.A. and many other prominent cultural institutions.

Vol 1 No 1. The Basketry of the Columbia River Indians.  Illustrated articles include: Columbia River Indian Basketry.  A Columbia River Indian Basket Collected by Lewis and Clark in 1805.  Yakima and Klickitat Basketry.  Klickitat Indian Legend, The Origin of Basket Making.

Vol 1 No 2. Cornhusk Basketry of the Columbia Plateau Indians.  Illustrated articles include:  Cornhusk Bags and Hats of the Columbia Plateau Indians.  Art Treasures of the Columbia Plateau.  Ida Blackeagle, Master Nez Perce Weaver.

Vol 1 No 3. The Twined Basketry of Western Washington and Vancouver Island.  Illustrated articles include:   The Twined Basketry of Western Washington and Vancouver Island by J. M. Gogol.   The Twined Basketry of the Twana, Chehalis and Quinault.   Nootka Basketry Hats: Two Special Types.

Vol 1 No 4. The Twined Basketry of Western Washington and Vancouver Island Part Two.  Illustrated articles include:  Nootka / Makah Twined Fancy Baskets.  Kwakiutl Spruce Root Hats.  Suquamish Indian Basketry.

 Vol 2 No 1 issue 5.   Illustrated articles include:  Benjamin Gifford, Photographer Among the Columbia River Indians.  Contemporary Lummi Indian Basket and Blanket Weaving.  Papago Indian Basketry.  Basketry Trauma: Cause, Prevention and First Aid. 

Vol 2 No 2 issue 6.  Illustrated articles include:  Indian Eskimo and Aleut Basketry of Alaska.   Attu and Yakutat Basketry.  Spruce Root Hats of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimsian.  Tsimshian Twined Basketry: Stylistic and Cultural Relationships. Books on Eskimo and Aleut Basketry. 

Vol 2 No 3 Issue 7.  Illustrated articles include:  Pima Indian Basketry.  Indian Baskets, Rare Works of Art by Aborigines of Washington and Alaska.

Vol 2 No 4 issue 8. Illustrated articles include:  Yosemite Miwok / Paiute Basketry.  A Study in Cultural Change.  Lucy Telles: A Supreme Weaver of the Yosemite Miwok/Paiuite.

Vol 3 No 1 Issue 9.   Illustrated articles include:  Pomo / Wintun / Mohawk Basketry.  Mohawk Basketmakers of Akwesasn

Vol 3 No 2 issue 10.  Illustrated articles include:   Klamath, Modoc and Shasta Basketry.  Wokas, a Primitive Food of the Klamath Indians. 

The three additional issues included with this auction are: 

Vol IV No 2 Issue No 14.  Illustrated articles include:  Traditional Arts of the Indians of Western Oregon.  The whole issue is devoted to this subject.

Vol IV No 4 Issue No 16.  Illustrated articles include:  American Indian Art:  Values & Asthetics.  The whole issue is devoted to this subject.  Some photos by Edward Curtis.

Vol V No 4 Issue No 20.  Illustrated articles include:  Cowlitz & Waco-Wishxman Basketry.  Wasco/Wishxam Basketry:  Who Were the Weavers?  This was the final issue that was published. 

We have no other issues to offer.  This is all we have.  Total 13 different issues.  Only 20 issues were published.

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