Margaret Shanklin, Use of Native Craft Materials, Manual Arts 1947, VG HC

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Shanklin, Margaret Eberhardt, Use of Native Craft Materials, Peoria: Manual Arts Press 1947, Very Good hardcover 8vo, 5 ½” x 8 ½”, 135 pp.

Tan cloth boards, title stamped in green to front panel & spine, binding tight, previous owner name to inside front pastedown, in Very Good blue & yellow pictorial dust jacket w/ a few closed tears & minor chipping to edges, now in protective Mylar. Unique how-to craft manual focused on the use of native materials to create pottery, baskets, hats, dolls, and other objects. Chapters on straw, corn, grass, rush, & clay, as well as discussion of nuts & vegetable dyes. One section gives special attention to the techniques of legendary Southwest potter Marie Martinez and is illustrated by multiple photographs.