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Title
[Mat
:
rivercane
,
wall]
Creator
Bradley, Rowena, 1922-2003
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
1920/1980
Dimensions
14 x 13.5
Description
The
rivercane
wall
mat
was
made
by
Rowena
Bradley
,
who
was
born
in the
Swimmer
Branch
Community
of the
Qualla
Indian
Boundary
,
near
Cherokee
,
North
Carolina
.
Butternut
was
used
to
achieve
the
brown
color
;
bloodroot
produced
the
orange
. The
weave
pattern
is
known
as
Coffin
(or
Casket)
because
of its
rectangular
shape
. The "
coffins
"
run
diagonally
across
the
face
of the
mat
.
Rowena
Bradley
is
the
daughter
of
Henry
and
Nancy
George
Bradley
, also an
accomplished
basket
maker
.
Basketmaking
was a
family
tradition
; her
father
gathered
rivercane
and
dug
roots
for
dye
materials
.
Rowena
learned
to
weave
baskets
as a
child
by
watching
her
mother
.
Later
, her
mother
taught
her the
complex
double
weave
technique
.
While
the
date
of this
particular
wall
mat
is
not
known
,
Rowena
Bradley
made
baskets
from
1920
to
1980
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category
basketry
Time Period
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_2006_024
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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