Basket: rivercane, tray

Basket: rivercane, tray

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

While it is not known who made this basket, it is a fine example of a traditional rivercane double weave typical of Eastern Band Cherokee. Lidded baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight basket; some double weave baskets are even waterproof. The basket and cover are rectangular, one fitting inside the other. The basket was woven from rivercane that was dyed with walnut and bloodroot, plants native to the region. The walnut-dyed rivercane is dark brown; the brighter orange color runs diagonally across both the top and bottom of the baskets. The design is known as Man in a Coffin or Chief's Coffin; a rectangle represents the "coffin;" the horizontal line within is the "chief." The base and lid of this basket are numbered separately, see QACM_1992_071.

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Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

15886

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2008-10-01

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.5" x 14" x 10"(dimension)

Craft Revival