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Title
[Basket
:
rivercane
,
planter]
Creator
Youngbird, Edmund, 1922-1995
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
10.5" x 10" x 10"
Description
This
rivercane
planter
basket
was
made
by
Edmund
Youngbird
(1922-1995)
.
Both
the
design
and
form
of this
basket
are
adaptations
of
Cherokee
traditions
. The
dominant
motif
is
the
Snake
or
Serpent
design
, with the "
serpents
"
running
diagonally
across
the
base
of the
basket
. This
design
might
be an
adaptation
of
Louisiana
Chitamacha
basketry
. The
upper
third
of the
basket
is
marked
with a
Chain
design
. The
design
is
a
20th
century
adaptation
, but
is
a
popular
motif
among
Eastern
Band
Cherokee
today
. The
interior
of this
basket
has a
cross
brace
to
give
strength
to the
bottom
.
Baskets
were
made
as
planters
as
part
of the
tourist
trade
,
rather
than for
in-home
use
. What
remains
from
tradition
is
the
material
, the
single
weave
technique
, and the
coloration
of the
basket
.
Walnut
hulls
were
used
to
dye
the
rivercane
and to
achieve
the
dark
brown
color
.
Traditionally
Cherokee
basket
makers
are
women
;
Youngbird
being
one
of the
few
male
weavers
.
Born
in
1922
,
Youngbird
learned
to
weave
rivercane
baskets
from his
grandmother
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Craft Category
basketry
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_1992_049
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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