Basket
70-9-795
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-795 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Eastern Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Rivercane | Dye |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Double-Woven technique basket square on bottom and round at top with criss-crossing black and red-brown designs against natural cane colored background. Cane is rivercane (arundinaria tecta or arundinaria macrosperma); colors obtained from black walnut (juglansnigra) for black and bloodroot (sanguinaria canadonsis) for red-brown. Attached tag in Pennypack's handwriting reads: "Double woven basket made by woman who, with only two others, understands art of double weaving. Cherokee, N.C.". Condition: Good. To registrars for freezing 3/91. |
| Height | 11.5 cm |
| Length | 19 cm |
| Width | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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