Basket: honeysuckle, lidded

Basket: honeysuckle, lidded

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The basket is made from honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Traditionally, storage baskets were made to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The natural aeration of the weave allows the stored goods to remain dry. Often, lidded baskets of this shape and size were used as sewing baskets; the smaller ones were known as button baskets. The honeysuckle in this basket was not dyed and, instead, is the natural color of the honeysuckle vine. 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

16087

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2009-05-15

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

basket: 4" x 4" x 4"(dimension)

lid: 1.5" x 3.5" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival