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[Basket: white oak, market]
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| Title | [Basket: white oak, market] |
| Identifier | QACM_1992_088 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | unknown |
| Dimensions | 12" x 14" x 11.5" |
| Description | This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Minda Wolfe. Large 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. Wolfe's basket is dyed with walnut and bloodroot to achieve the brown and orange colors that are woven into the basket. With such fine decoration, it was more likely made to be taken shopping, rather than used in a garden. The basket is rib construction. |
| Subject - Topic | Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Craft Category | basketry
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| County | Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.
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| Creator | Wolfe, Minda
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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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