Basket

46-6-50

From: United States of America | North Carolina

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 46-6-50
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cherokee
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cane (plant) | Pigment
Technique Basketry
Description

Cane. Double weave. Two shades of brown and natural. Native dyes. Large criss-cross design down sides and across bottom on inside. On outside similar, but blank bottom. "An old specimen of an antiquated method of basket weave, now little practiced."

Height 13.8 cm
Length 32.3 cm
Width 60.5 cm
Credit Line Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946

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