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A basket is a container typically woven out of plant fibers. Baskets usually have holes in them, but those holes are smaller than the objects that the basket is designed to hold.
Uses[edit | edit source]
Baskets are primarily used for carrying or storing other objects. Some baskets are made for use as a sieve, including for trapping fish.
Materials needed[edit | edit source]
Many types of materials base be used to make baskets. Before making a basket, you have to prepare the materials you will use for it.
- Coiled basketry uses grasses, rushes, and pine needles
- Plaiting basketry uses materials that are wide and braid-like: palms, yucca or New Zealand flax
- Twining basketry uses materials from roots and tree bark. This is a weaving technique where two or more flexible weaving elements (“weavers”) cross each other as they weave through the stiffer radial spokes.
- Wicker and Splint basketry uses materials like reed, cane, willow, oak, and ash.
Production methods[edit | edit source]
Baskets are woven by hand. The parts of a basket are the base, the side walls, and the rim. A basket may also have a lid, handle, or embellishments. Most baskets begin with the base. The static pieces of the basket are laid down first, then additional pieces are woven into them.
- In a round basket, arrange pieces as spokes, where they cross in the middle. Then weave in additional pieces in a spiral pattern, starting as closely as possible to the center of the spokes, going alternately over then under then over succeeding spokes. Once you have a base the size that you want, pull upwards on the spokes as you weave under them, to bend them up into the walls.
- In a square or rectangular shape, arrange pieces parallel to each other, then weave additional pieces perpendicularly to them. Once you have a base the size that you want, pull upwards along the edges and weave additional pieces through to hold them there.
Dependencies[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Include information from How to Make Baskets (with Pictures) - wikiHow
External links[edit | edit source]
- Baskets and stone hatchet, primitivetechnology.wordpress.com. 25 December 2015.
- Primitive Technology: Baskets and stone hatchet - Primitive Technology, 26 December 2015, YouTube
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