Basket: maple, storage

Dublin Core

Title

Basket: maple, storage

Subject

Basket making
Cherokee baskets
Handicraft

Description

This maple storage basket was made by Dinah George. Traditional storage baskets were made to safeguard dry foodstuffs, clothing, and other domestic goods. To maximize their capacity—and minimize the space they occupied—storage baskets were typically as tall or taller than they were wide. Although rivercane is generally believed to have the longest history in Cherokee basket construction, baskets are also woven using white oak, honeysuckle, and maple.

Creator

George, Dinah

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

16245
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16245

Date Created

2009-05-18

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

11" x 9.5" x 9.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

George, Dinah, “Basket: maple, storage,” OAI, accessed May 5, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16245.