Basketry Types
Basketry can be classified into four types according to Catherine Erdly
- "Coiled" basketry
- using grasses and rushes
- "Plaiting" basketry
- using materials that are wide and braidlike
palms, yucca or New Zealand flax
- "Twining" basketry
- using materials from roots and tree bark. Twining actually refers to 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
- using reed, cane, willow, oak, and ash
plain weave
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