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	[Basket: rivercane, square bottom] Title [Basket: rivercane, square bottom] Identifier SHCG_PermCol_1988_1007 Format craft object Date Created 1950/1959 Dimensions 9.5" x 5" Description This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket weaver using locally grown rivercane in the early 1950s. The basket features a traditional Cherokee basketmaking technique known as double weave, a complicated process where the inner and outer basket layers are woven in one piece. The split cane was dyed with colors taken from bloodroot (orange) and walnut (black) plants. The basket was purchased by Allen Eaton and donated to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild (now Southern Highland Craft Guild) for its museum collection. Subject - Topic Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject - Craft Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Craft Category basketry Decade 1950s County Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C. Creator unknown Source Institution Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection Permanent Collection. Copyright Information All rights reserved. For use permission, contact library@craftguild.org or Southern Highland Craft Guild, P. O. Box 9545, Asheville, NC 28815.;
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