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Title	[Basket: rivercane, storage]
Creator	Youngbird, Lizzie Stamper, 1903-1967
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	1920/1992
Dimensions	20" x 18" x16"
Description	This large upright storage basket was made by Lizzie “Nannie” Stamper Youngbird (1903-1967), a Cherokee woman of western North Carolina. Baskets such as these were made to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The natural aeration of the single weave allows the stored goods to remain dry. The basket is woven from rivercane that was dyed with walnut and bloodroot, plants native to the region. The walnut-dyed rivercane is dark brown; the fainter orange cane runs up from the bottom. The lip is marked with bloodroot and walnut stained bands in a linked Chain design. The design in the body of the basket is Double Chief’s Daughters; the daughters represented by two small crosses within each interlocking square. The date of this basket is not known; the date span represents the time the basket maker was active.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	basketry
Time Period	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection	Artifact Collection
Inventory Number	QACM_1992_045
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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