Basket
46-6-52
From: United States of America | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
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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