Basket
| Object Number: | 46-6-47 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cherokee |
| Provenience: | United States of America North Carolina |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cane (plant) Pigments |
| Technique: | Basketry |
| Height: | 31 cm |
| Length: | 31 cm |
| Width: | 31 cm |
| Credit Line: | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
Description
Split cane, single weave. Two shades of brown, red and natural. Native dyes. Square base and shoulders sloping to narrower round mouth. Wide horizontal band under mouth. Two continuous bands separated diamonds. "Pack basket type of modern variety."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 144-145/Plate 56 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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