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Title
[Basket
:
rivercane
,
storage]
Creator
Bradley, Nancy George, 1881-1963
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
1940
Dimensions
11" x 11" x 11"
Description
This
storage
basket
was
made
by
Nancy
George
Bradley
, an
accomplished
basket
weaver
from the
Swimmer
Branch
community
on the
Qualla
Indian
Boundary
.
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
. This
basket
was
woven
upward
from a
square
base
. The
circumference
of the
basket
tapers
inward
before
flaring
out
slightly
at the
rim
. An
overall
diagonal
design
is
woven
into the
lower
half
of the
basket
. A
series
of
bands
surrounds
the
top
,
alternating
between
walnut
and
bloodroot
dyed
cane
.
Walnut
and
bloodroot
are
plants
native
to the
region
. The
walnut-dyed
rivercane
is
dark
brown
; the
brighter
orange
cane
runs
through
the
diagonal
design
.
Nancy
George
Bradley
was a
second-generation
basket
weaver
who
taught
her
children
to
weave
as
well
. Her
mother
was
Mary
Dobson
; her
daughter
,
Rowena
Bradley
;
both
accomplished
basket
weavers
.
Nancy
Bradley
spoke
Cherokee
, not
English
, and
lived
with her
husband
and
8
children
in the
Big
Cove
community
near
Cherokee
,
North
Carolina
.
While
this
basket
was
made
after
the
Craft
Revival
period
,
it
remains
a
late
example
of
work
produced
during
the
period
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category
basketry
Time Period
1940s
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_1992_065
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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