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Title
[Basket
:
honeysuckle
,
handled]
Creator
Conseen, Nancy, 1929-1997
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
13" x 13" x 7"
Description
This
undated
basket
was
made
by
Cherokee
basket
weaver
Nancy
Conseen
. The
storage
basket
is
honeysuckle
woven
over
white
oak
ribs
. The
woven
lid
, with
wrapped
handle
,
fits
over
the
base
.
Small
baskets
such
as these were
used
to
store
domestic
items
;
some
are
called
button
baskets
. The
walnut-dyed
honeysuckle
is
brown
; the
fainter
orange
is
from
bloodroot
.
Both
plants
,
used
by
Cherokee
basket
weavers
to
make
dye
, are
native
to the
region
.
Nancy
Conseen
(1929-1997)
was
born
in
Cherokee
,
North
Carolina
on the
eve
of the
Great
Depression
.
When
she was
just
six
years
old
, she
learned
to
weave
white
oak
and
honeysuckle
baskets
from her
mother
,
Caroline
Conseen
. In
school
she
learned
to
make
rivercane
baskets
from
Lottie
Stamper
. In
1981
Conseen
was
selected
North
Carolina
Craftswoman
of the
Year
in
1981
. Her
work
twice
appeared
at the
White
House
.
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_049
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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