Basket

46-6-52

From: United States of America | North Carolina

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 46-6-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cherokee
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Oak | Pigment
Technique Basketry
Description

Oak splint, Purple, red, and natural colors. Synthetic dyes. Plain over-under weave. "Small oak basket of type now frequently made for tourist trade, showing degeneration of the oak splint basketry."

Height 5 cm
Length 5.7 cm
Width 14.2 cm
Credit Line Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946

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