The book Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of Connecticut was written by author Frank Gouldsmith Speck Here you can read free online of Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of Connecticut book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Decorative Art of Indian Tribes of Connecticut a good or bad book?
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Here the pounding is unnecessary, the splints being more easily freed from the log. Swamp maple is also commonly used by the Mohegan basket-makers, although it is not as durable as either the oak or the ash. All these materials go through the same processes of prepara- tion before the splints are ready to be woven. The first stage in the process consisted in pounding the ash log all over, and then separating the layers of wood. Next, the lengths of splints were shaved smooth with a spoke-shave,... which looks like a European tool. Hand gauges were then used to cut the splints into strips of uniform width. These gauges (Figure 1), not unlike those of the Penobscots, were provided with teeth made, 1 indicates that preceding vowel or consonant is long; ' indicates breath- ing following vowel; ' indicates main stress; 9, like of English but; rj, like ng of English sing; other characters used in transcription of Indian words need no comment. In recent days, of clock springs; the width of the splint depending upon the distance at which the teeth were set in the end of the gauge.
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