Basket: rivercane, tray

Basket: rivercane, tray

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

It is not known who made this undated damaged rivercane tray, although it is typical of Cherokee basket weaving style. Traditionally, trays such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. A complex technique mastered by accomplished Cherokee basket weavers, the double weave makes for a tight basket. Some double weave baskets can even hold water. This basket was woven from rivercane that was dyed using walnut for the brown color and bloodroot for orange. Intersecting diagonals of color form a pattern known as Flowing Water.

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Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

15888

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2008-10-01

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

4.5" x 11.5" x 9.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival