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| Title | [Basket: maple, tray] |
| Identifier | QACM_1992_027 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | 1973 |
| Dimensions | 4.5" x 13" x 9" |
| Description | This double woven maple tray was made by Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007). The pattern, made from bloodroot or yellowroot dyes, is an example of the Flowing Water (or Flowing River) design shown on the interior of the tray as two intersecting diagonals. Trays such as these were used to store or serve foodstuffs. Maker, Helen Bradley Smith was born in 1922 in the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. She first learned to make white oak baskets from her mother in 1937 or 1938, when she was 15 or 16 years old; and later also made baskets using honeysuckle vine and rivercane. A double weave tray made out of maple is rare, departing from the tradition of using rivercane for double weave basketry. While this basket was made well after the Craft Revival period, it is an example of work made by an artist who began working during the period. |
| Subject - Topic | Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
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| Craft Category | basketry
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| Decade | 1970s
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| County | Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.
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| Creator | Smith, Helen Bradley, 1922-2007
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| Source Institution | Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
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| Collection | Artifact Collection |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, North Carolina. |
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