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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 288655, member: 45&quot;]Billy, it&#039;s obvious you are attracted to baskets.&nbsp; That&#039;s not a bad thing, and as long as you aren&#039;t paying &quot;Native American basket&quot; prices for them, you are probably okay.&nbsp; Every small purchase adds up to your experience and education.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;d suggest you first invest in a book, specifically <u>Art of the Basket, Traditional Basketry from Around the World</u> by Bryan Sentance.&nbsp; It&#039;s the best single reference I&#039;ve found about basketry.&nbsp; And I doubt if I&#039;ve ever &quot;read&quot; the whole book.&nbsp; It&#039;s the photos that are the main thing.&nbsp; Nearly every basket that&#039;s frequently mistaken for an Indian basket is in there.&nbsp; (The only criticism I have is that the captions aren&#039;t always next to the photos, they seem oddly placed, but it&#039;s a minor inconvenience that one gets used to.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You are doing the right thing by posting your questions here, because of the laws regarding identifying &quot;Native American&quot; items offered for sale.&nbsp; But I think that basketry book would also be a big help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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