Basket
46-6-49A
From: United States of America | North Carolina
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 46-6-49A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cherokee |
Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina |
Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
Creator | Lottie Stamper |
Date Made | 1940's |
Section | American |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Pigments |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Double weave, native cane. Natural color and dyed butternut. Pineapple design. "This basket is a reproduction of one in the British Museum that was taken to England in 1725." Made by Lottie Stamper, Cherokee, N.C. Type basket of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. |
Height | 15 cm |
Length | 26.3 cm |
Width | 14.5 cm |
Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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