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BASKETRY BOOKS

Basketry information published by the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History,

1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6:
Edith Claytons Market Basket by Joleen Gordon
Handwoven Hats by Joleen Gordon
Withe Baskets, Traps and Brooms by Joleen Gordon
Acadian Root Baskets of Atlantic Canada by Joleen Gordon
Elitekey: MicMac Culture from 1600 AD to the Present by Ruth Holmes Whitehead.
MicMac Quill Work by Ruth Holmes Whitehead
Online Info Sheet: The Mikmaq <museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/mikmaq1.htm>
School Class: Weir Fishing available only at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg.

Botanical Identification Books published by the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests:
Summer Key to the Woody Plants of Nova Scotia by A. E. Roland and D. A. Benson.
Identification of Nova Scotian Woody Plants in Winter by James F. Donly.
Trees of Nova Scotia, A guide to native and exotic species by Gary L. Saunders.
Shrubs for Wildlife

Other Nova Scotia Publishers:

How to Weave a Witherod Basket by Mark Smith
Rush Chair Seating in Lunenburg County, NS by Joleen Gordon and Peggy Jenkinson

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design 270-7491 - www.capebretoncraft.com

Halifax Public Libraries General Inquiries 490-5753 - www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca

FILMS AND VIDEOS

Basketry video available online:

Black Mother, Black Daughter (1989) - National Film Board <www.nfb.ca>
> The Nova Scotia Basketry Guild has a collection of basketry videos and DVDs see our website
library list.

CLASSES

Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design 492-2522

Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design 270-7491
Nova Scotia Basketry Guild - e-mail or check our website www.nsbg.chebucto.org
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BASKET SALES

Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design publishes The Guide to Craft and Art in Nova Scotia,
1061 Marginal Road, Halifax NS B3H 4P6 - www.craft-design.ns.ca
Studio Map, a Studio Rally Production - www.studiorally.ca
Halifax Art Map www.halifaxartmap.com
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Gift Shop, 1741 Hollis Street, Halifax NS B3J 3C8 baskets by Mikmaq
artist Ann Mae Darville and quillwork by Mikmaq artist Cheryl Simon.
www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
Farmers Markets Saturday mornings Halifax, Dartmouth and Hubbards
> Brook Village Basketry in Mabou, Cape Breton Diane McEachern 902-945-2385.

SOURCES OF SUPPLIES

British willows and willow baskets Heather Sanft,

813 Walburne Road, Newburne, NS B0J 2E0 - hms@canada.wine.com
Nova Scotia willows Michael Wolter
168 Charles Bolivar Road, Conquerall Mills, NS B4V 6C9 - wandawolter@eastlink.ca
Willow basketry tools - Ross Farm Museum
New Ross, Lunenburg Co. NS B0J 2M0 www.rossfarm.museum.gov.ns.ca
Maritime Hobbies 1521 Grafton Street Halifax is selling reed basketry kits, tools, and books 902-423-
8870.

BASKET CONTACTS IN NOVA SCOTIA

Chezzetcook - Hannah Dunleavy 827-4263 New Glasgow - Donna Manuel 755-6447

Lunenburg - Heather Sanft 644-2415 Cape Breton - Diane McEachern 945-2385
- Michael Wolter 543-6391 - Diane Langdon-Dann 929-2444
Hubbards Peggy Jenkinson 228-2159 Antigonish - Sian Turner 863-4659

NOVA SCOTIA TRADITIONAL STYLES AND MATERIALS

European
MiKmaq Black
Willow, Osier, Withe, Straws,
Pounded Ash Splint Red Maple Strips
Acadian (spruce roots)