Basket
58-6-3
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 58-6-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Qualla Boundary | Big Cove |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | ca. 1957 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | White Oak | Walnut Bark Dye | Blood Root Dye |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | White oak splint. Square base, restricted neck, circular rim. Over one, under one plating (checkerwork). Narrow orange wefts; wide uncolored alternating with wide brown warps. Contrasting neck band and band next to base have two wide brown, one wide orange, and six narrow brown wefts. (Natural warps almost invisible in these bands.) Reinforcing splint on either side of neck opening, lashed on with narrow orange-brown strip. Only brown and white elements used in base. Brown dye, walnut bark; (red)-orange, blood root. |
| Height | 30 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Paul Kutsche, 1958 |
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