CHARLESTON, S.C. - Just a few years ago, Nikia Wigfall needed only to drive to the nearby marshes to harvest the sweetgrass that she and other descendants of slaves weave into the beautiful baskets ...

Did animals teach us one of the oldest forms of human technology? Did this technology teach us to count? These are just two of the themes being explored during a conference on basketry. Did animals ...

ETSHA, Botswana, April 25 (UNHCR) - Tourists visiting Botswana invariably buy some of the colourful baskets on offer in crafts shops to take home as souvenirs. Little do they know that these baskets ...

Cherokee rivercane baskets have been getting smaller. These days, an intricately woven basket might be only the diameter of an apple. Artisans have been making some baskets smaller to make the most of ...

Profs Veselin Jungic and Cedric Chauve explain how culture and math were combined in the creation of an interactive online tool that uses basket weaving patterns from Tla’amin Nation to teach ...

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For generations weavers expertly twisted reeds, wood and grasses, using their own signature style to create baskets and creels to carry and store almost everything they might need. Once common in ...