Basket: white oak, ribbed

Basket: white oak, ribbed

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983). Small handled baskets like this one are often used as as egg baskets, although they were certainly used for other purposes. The rounded bottom allows the eggs to settle into the bottom of the basket to prevent breakage from rolling around. The handle is woven into and beneath the basket to give it strength, allowing its user to carry secure 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 basket, rather used at home. The basket is rib construction. Wolfe was part an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Wolfe taught five daughters to weave: Dinah Wolfe, Lillian Crowe, Annie James, Katie Panther, and Ollie Crowe.

Wolfe, Minda Hill Sequoyah, 1897-1983

Artifact Collection

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

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15990

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2009-05-04

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

9.5" x 11" x 11.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival