Cherokee craft shop

Cherokee craft shop

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee Indians

Communities

Craft shops

Handicraft

Manners and customs

This 1938 photograph shows a Cherokee, North Carolina craft shop that features a large selection of Cherokee baskets. The baskets, including rivercane and white oak, have been made in a wide assortment of styles, sizes, and patterns. The large market baskets hanging from the ceiling were traditionally used for shopping and were capable of carrying heavy loads. The smaller baskets could be used as purses or "shoppers." The tall baskets on the background shelves were traditionally used to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The variation of dyes used to create the patterns on these baskets were produced using native plants, like black walnut root, butternut, bloodroot, or yellowroot. The photographer, from the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development, is identified only by the name Sharpe.

Sharpe

Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1938-06

North Carolina. Department of Conservation and Development

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2009-01-06

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

3.5" x 4.5"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions