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unusual facts about Basket weaving


Shibden Hall

The hall has a variety of restored workshops, including a brewery, a basket-weaving shop, a tannery, a stable and an extensive collection of horse-drawn carriages.


Abraham M. Halpern

Among the speakers he worked with in the 1980s were Pomo basketweaver Elsie Allen.

Anfesia Shapsnikoff

Renowned for her weaving of Aleut grass baskets, Anfesia flew to many communities throughout Alaska to teach children the lost art of Attu basket weaving.

Caddoan Mississippian culture

Artifacts found in "The Great Mortuary" (Craig Mound) at the Spiro site included wood, conch shell, copper, basketry, woven fabric, lace, fur, feathers, and carved stone statues.

Hazel Pete

Hazel Pete (March 21, 1914 – January 2, 2003) was a woman of the Chehalis Tribe in Washington State and known for her rare skills in the ancient craft of Chehalis basket weaving.

Las Palmas Complex

Other elements in the material inventory of the Las Palmas Complex include stone grinding basins, atlatls, lark's-head netting, coiled basketry, and sewn palm-bark containers.


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Dardanelles and Freel Roadless Areas

Also growing is the toxic dogbane, or Indian hemp, used by Native Americans in basket-weaving and for bowstrings.

Underwater basket weaving

US Punk band NOFX referred to an underwater basket weaving course in their song Anarchy Camp.

Linkedin adopted "skill endorsement" in 2012, and in response to the arbitrary nature of those skill attributions, some LinkedIn participants began to list "Advanced Underwater Basket Weaving" as a skill, thereby exercising some control over their online profile.