Basket
| 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 |
| Height: | 11.5 cm |
| Length: | 19 cm |
| Width: | 19 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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.
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