Mohawk Basketmaking: A Cultural Profile

Duration: 28 min.

Year Published: 1980

Creator: IMAGE

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Documents the traditional Mohawk art of basketmaking as practiced on the St. Regis Reservation in northern New York State, showing cutting of trees, pounding logs, and dyeing and weaving splints into intricate designs. Also explores the interrelationship of Mohawk life and basketmaking.

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