Basket Makers

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• Basket Makers — Basket Makers, any one of several North American Indian cultures of the southwestern United States that preceded the Pueblo …   Useful english dictionary

• Basket Makers —    In 3 Ed. IV. they were allowed to have shops only in the Manor of Blanch Appleton (S. 151).    The 52nd of the City Companies. No Charter and no Hall.    Livery granted 1825 …   Dictionary of London

• Basket — A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres, often made of willow. [http://www.bluestem.ca/willows basketry.htm] . The top is either left open or the basket may be fitted with a lid.Historical usageWood, bamboo,… …   Wikipedia

• Nantucket Lightship Basket — Nantucket Lightship Baskets are a type of basket originating, in the 19th century,[1] on Nantucket Island Lightships. Lightship baskets are all made from rattan and wood, have an odd number of staves, a solid wooden base, a nailed and lashed rim …   Wikipedia

• crafts and craftspeople —    Some basic and essential crafts, such as pottery, leatherwork, brick making, and basket making, developed very early in Mesopotamia, in the late Stone Age (or Neolithic Age, ca. 10,000 6,000 b.c.). Crude forms of a few crafts leatherworking,… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• basketry — /bas ki tree, bah ski /, n. 1. baskets collectively; basketwork. 2. the art or process of making baskets. [1850 55; BASKET + RY] * * * Art and craft of making containers and other objects from interwoven flexible fibres such as grasses, twigs,… …   Universalium

• Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής — Επίσημη ονομασία: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής Συντομευμένη ονομασία: ΗΠΑ (USA) Έκταση: 9.629.091 τ. χλμ Πληθυσμός: 278.058.881 κάτ. (2001) Πρωτεύουσα: Ουάσινγκτον (6.068.996 κάτ. το 2002)Κράτος της Βόρειας Αμερικής. Συνορεύει στα Β με τον… …   Dictionary of Greek

• Patron saints of occupations and activities — A list of Patron saints of occupations, activities and communication mediums: A*Adrian of Nicomedia arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers *Agatha nurses, bellmaking *Albertus Magnus natural scientists *Alexander of Comana charcoal burners [… …   Wikipedia

• New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol — The New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, commonly known as the Muller Homes, were an orphanage in the district of Ashley Down, in the north of Bristol. They were built between 1849 and 1870 by the Prussian evangelist George Müller to show the world… …   Wikipedia

• Lucy Telles — (c.1885 1955) was a Paiute Native American born near Mono Lake, in Mono County California. Her American Indian name was Pa ma has which translates to meadows in the Paiute language. [http://www.nps.gov/yose/forteachers/upload/elphb3.pdf] Her… …   Wikipedia

• Jenisch — (Yéniche)    A clan of Travelers originally established in Germany, some of whom later migrated to Austria, Belgium, France, and Switzerland. They may well number 10,000. They speak a variety of German, with loan words from Romani as well as… …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies