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Title	[Basket: white oak, market]
Creator	Long, Bessie
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	unknown
Dimensions	12" x 14" x 9"
Description	This undated market basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Bessie Long. The flat-bottomed rectangular basket is made with white oak. Market baskets of this shape and size were traditionally used to transport agricultural products, to gather vegetables from the field or garden or to take dry foodstuffs to market. The handle is woven into and beneath the basket to give it strength, allowing its user to carry heavy load. The bands of brown color appear to be dyed with walnut, a traditional native dye plant among Eastern Band Cherokee. The bright orange color may be bloodroot or a commercial dye. With such fine decoration, the basket was more likely made to be taken shopping, rather used in a garden.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	basketry
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection	Artifact Collection
Inventory Number	QACM_2006_019
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