Basket
46-6-50
From: United States of America | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
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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