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Title
[Basket
:
Chitimacha
tray]
Creator
unknown
Medium of Original
crafts
Dimensions
6.5" x 18" x 13"
Description
This
cane
basket
, in the
collection
of
Qualla
Arts
and
Crafts
Mutual
,
is
not
Cherokee
, but was was
made
by the
Chitimacha
(or
Chetimacha)
tribe
of
Louisiana
. The
Chitimacha
tribe
used
a
species
of
rivercane
that
grows
in the
bayous
to
make
baskets
. The
weave
is
distinctive
in that
it
is
woven
from
cane
that
is
much
thinner
that
cane
used
in
Cherokee
basket
weaving
,
resulting
in
delicate
weave
. The
Chitimacha
,
like
the
Cherokee
,
use
walnut
to
produce
the
black
or
dark
brown
color
. They
use
lime
to
produce
a
yellow
and a
local
wild
plant
to
produce
red
.
Like
the
Cherokee
, the
Chitimacha
use
cane
to
weave
both
single
and
double
weave
baskets
; this
basket
is
a
double
weave
in a
Serpent
design
. The
maker
and
date
of this
basket
are
unknown
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Louisiana
Subject - Craft
Chitimacha baskets -- Louisiana
Craft Category
basketry
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_1992_033
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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