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Symbolism
W. E. Roth has recorded the significance of basketry designs of
the Indians of British Guiana.1 Some of these designs contain
realistic figures, but many of them are geometrical derivatives of
zigzag bands and meandric forms such as occur on coarse twined
basketry in many parts of the world. Most of these forms are
1 W. E. Roth “ Introductory Study of Arts, Crafts, and Customs of the Guiana
Indians” 38th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington 1924,
pp. 354 et seq.
Symbolism
W. E. Roth has recorded the significance of basketry designs of
the Indians of British Guiana.1 Some of these designs contain
realistic figures, but many of them are geometrical derivatives of
zigzag bands and meandric forms such as occur on coarse twined
basketry in many parts of the world. Most of these forms are
1 W. E. Roth “ Introductory Study of Arts, Crafts, and Customs of the Guiana
Indians” 38th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington 1924,
pp. 354 et seq.