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Title
[Basket
:
rivercane
,
lidded]
Creator
Welch, Carol
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
basket: 7.5" x 13" x 8"; lid: 4" x 14" x9"
Description
This
lidded
basket
was
made
by
Cherokee
basket
weaver
Carol
Welch
.
Lidded
baskets
such
as these were
used
to
store
foodstuffs
and
household
goods
. The
double
weave
makes
for a
tight
basket
;
some
double
weave
baskets
are
even
waterproof
. The
basket
and
cover
are
rectangular
,
one
fitting
inside
the
other
. The
top
and
base
are
different
patterns
. The
diagonal
bands
of
color
that
run
from
cover
to
base
are from
two
different
dyes
;
dark
brown
from
butternut
and
orange
from
bloodroot
,
both
plants
native
to the
western
North
Carolina
region
. The
design
on the
basket's
base
is
the
Arrowhead
; the
cover
is
Man
in a
Coffin
with the "
coffins
"
forming
a
band
around
the
top
of the
basket
.
Lidded
baskets
patterned
like
this
one
are a
copy
of a
rivercane
basket
in the
British
Museum
. In the
1930s
this
17th
century
basket
became
known
to the
Eastern
Band
of
Cherokee
Indians
,
igniting
a
renaissance
of
double
weave
basket
weaving
. The
double
weave
method
is
a
complex
weaving
technique
used
by
skilled
Cherokee
weavers
.
Carol
Welch
learned
to
weave
white
oak
baskets
from
watching
her
mother
. She
later
learned
how to
weave
rivercane
and
honeysuckle
baskets
while
attending
Cherokee
Indian
School
under
Lottie
Stamper
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basket making -- 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_072_01
;
QACM_1992_072_02
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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