Basket: honeysuckle, vase

Basket: honeysuckle, vase

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak splints that were shaped over a glass vase. Vase baskets became popular in the 20th century in response to the tourist trade. The honeysuckle was most likely dyed with bloodroot to yield the orange color. Bloodroot, used by Cherokee basket weavers to make dye, is a plant native to the region. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned the craft from Julia Taylor. She developed her own methods, weaving baskets from honeysuckle. She also taught others and demonstrated her craft.

George, Lucy Nola, 1897-1978

Artifact Collection

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

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

16062

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2009-05-18

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

7.5" x 5.5" x 5.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival