Basket: white oak, flower

Dublin Core

Title

Basket: white oak, flower

Subject

Basket making
Cherokee baskets
Handicraft

Description

This undated flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Evelyn Calhoun. Open baskets such as this one were used decoratively, to display flowers or hold fruit. The shallow basket body is dyed with walnut and yellowroot, to produce radiating bands of brown and yellow. Bloodroot was used as a dye to achieve the orange color that is woven into the basket.

Creator

Calhoun, Evelyn

Source

Artifact Collection

Publisher

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

Date

unknown

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

15987
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/15987

Date Created

2009-05-04

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, NC 28719;

Spatial Coverage

Qualla Boundary
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

9" x 12" x 9"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Calhoun, Evelyn, “Basket: white oak, flower,” OAI, accessed May 4, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/15987.