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American Indian baskets made in New England.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in New England, Indians were making splint baskets in large numbers for sale to non-Indians. (1) In order to survive in the new world of European conquest and settlement, Indians were forced to find ways to eke out livings, and for many of them making and selling baskets and related handcrafted objects became a livelihood as well as a way to maintain some independence. Many Indian basketmakers were also skilled makers of chair seats, mats, brooms, and scrub brushes as well as wooden trays, bowls, and spoons. Ironically, just when Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) described the local Natick, Massachusetts, Indians in her novel ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, American Indian baskets made in New England.