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Renowned for the exquisite beauty and technical excellence of their basketwork, California Indians—who used basketry items for every conceivable utilitarian, social, and ritual purpose—elevated a practical craft into fine art. This stamp features a Luiseño coiled basket, made of splic sumac and natural and black-dyed juncus rush on a grass foundation. hide information

Renowned for the exquisite beauty and technical excellence of their basketwork, California Indians—who used basketry items for every conceivable utilitarian, social, and ritual purpose—elevated a practical craft into fine art. This stamp features a Luiseño coiled basket, made of splic sumac and natural and black-dyed juncus rush on a grass foundation. This stamp was issued by the Postal Service on August 21, 2004 as part of the Art of the American Indian series .