Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0835 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Eastern Cherokee | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | North Carolina | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1939 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | White oak (Quercus alba) splints; Vegetal dyes | |
| Description | Deep basket with flat square base, vertical sides with rounded corners that rise to a high shoulder and short, constricted neck, and wide round mouth; Basket is woven entirely in simple plaiting technique; Warp material is narrow and wide split and dyed (dark brown) oak splints; Primary weft material is narrow dyed (dark brown) oak splints; Rim is reinforced with heavy peeled rod on exterior and with dyed dark brown oak splint on interior, with all elements coil-wrapped with an additional dyed dark brown oak splint; Designs are woven of undyed and dyed (golden brown) split oak splints and consists of two wide bands encircling lower sides of basket and just above midlevel height; Pair of secondary weft splints over each design band are crossed over alternate warps to form a band of 3-dimensional "X" motifs. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 30.3, Rim Diam = 28.5, Max Diam = 31.6 | |