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basketry

basketry

1 6.8
The craft of making baskets by weaving plant stems like reeds or grasses
  • noun
  • /ˈbæskɪtri/
translation icon : cestería
  • Some Southeastern groups have continuous, distinctive craft traditions in basketry and even pottery, for which there seems to be a vigorous demand among tourists and collectors.
  • pottery and basketry
  • beadwork and basketry
  • craft of basketry

Examples

  • Women collect limberbush branches for basketry, as well as shells, seeds, and seaweed for other crafts.

    Academic text (1997)
  • When worn in performance, the headdress is attached to a basketry cap that sits on the performer's head.

    Academic text (2002)
  • And like beadwork and basketry, each woman has her own style and color set.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Miller worked with young people who would apprentice with him, learning weaving and basketry even as the stories and songs circled around them.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The basketry tray in the foreground holds additional ground pottery to be added if necessary.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Before the war, the national collection consisted of about 3,000 items, primarily masks, figures, pottery, and basketry.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Over those years, she had become something of an expert on Tohono O'odham basketry, and she recognized that her daughter, Rita Antone's star pupil, was especially skilled.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Traditionally, rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) was the most common material used for basketry by Cherokees in the Southeast up until the time of removal.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The exhibition includes ancestral figures, masks, thrones, scepters, divination implements, ceramics, and basketry.

    Academic text (1999)
  • At the craft fair, there were many beautiful items on display, but the most impressive showcase was the intricate basketry made from natural reeds.

Synonyms

basketmaking
vsbasketry
3.4

Making baskets by hand from natural materials like reeds or willow

is a more formal art term for the woven craft
basketwork
vsbasketry
5.1

Objects made by weaving thin strips together, like baskets or mats

focuses specifically on making woven containers rather than other woven objects

How Complex

basketry
1 6.8

Surface Forms

basketry singular
basketries plural

Morphology

basketry = basket (transparent) = basket + ry

The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ry' to 'basket' to name the craft or practice of making baskets, a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Basketry comes from the simple word basket, a woven container, and the ending -ry meaning 'the art or practice of'. So basketry is the craft of making baskets from cane, reeds, or grasses, which makes it easy to remember as 'making baskets'.