noun
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the art or practice of making baskets
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baskets collectively
Etymology
Origin of basketry
Example Sentences
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"Maybe for textile work, leather work or basketry - they're pulling something through their front teeth."
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
But while looking through all the other basketry included — some of it quite engaging on its own terms, some not — I found myself getting increasingly annoyed with the exhibition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
“Humans are very adept at using fire for land management … to create mosaic habitats, to create the right kinds of materials for basketry, for harvesting grasshoppers, for hunting strategies.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
Non-Native experts provided information about California Indian basketry and Spanish colonial textiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Their manufactures were confined to primitive cotton weaving, wood carving, basketry, pottery—of a pretty good quality of decorated ware—and various stoneware implements.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
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