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Title
[Basket
:
honeysuckle
,
vase]
Creator
George, Lucy Nola, 1897-1978
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
5.5" x 5" x 5"
Description
This
undated
basket
was
made
by
Cherokee
basket
weaver
Lucy
George
. The
basket
is
honeysuckle
woven
over
white
oak
splints
. The
basket
shape
begins
with a
small
round
base
and was
woven
upward
and
outward
. The
small
vase
then
necks
in and
flares
out
again
at the
rim
.
Vase
baskets
became
popular
in the
20th
century
in
response
to the
tourist
trade
. The
honeysuckle
in this
basket
was not
dyed
and,
instead
,
is
the
natural
color
of the
honeysuckle
vine
.
Lucy
Nola
George
1897-1978)
was
raised
in the
Birdtown
community
on the
Qualla
Boundary
. In a
departure
from
traditional
Cherokee
ways
of
learning
,
Lucy
George
did
not
learn
basket
making
from
mother
. In the
1930s
, as a
grown
woman
, she
learned
the
craft
from
Julia
Taylor
. She
developed
her
own
methods
,
weaving
baskets
from
honeysuckle
. She also
taught
others
and
demonstrated
her
craft
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category
basketry
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Inventory Number
QACM_1992_109
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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