Lidded Qualla Cherokee Sewing Basket

Plaited Basket

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Lidded Qualla Cherokee Basket

Name/Title

Lidded Qualla Cherokee Sewing Basket

Description

Beautiful lidded sewing basket made by Sally Locust of Cherokee, NC in 1981. It is made with alternating oak warps and wild honeysuckle wefts dyed a rich reddish-brown with walnut. The rim is coiled natural honeysuckle bound with a strip of hickory. There is a half loop ring attached to the top made of oak splints coiled together with a thin splint. The basket has its original tag from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Made/Created

Artist

Sally Ann Junaluska Locust

Date made

1981

Place

City

Cherokee

State/Province

North Carolina

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southeast

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Cherokee

Native American

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Diameter

11 in

Dimension Notes

The height to the top of the ring is approx. 11" and the approx. max diameter is 11". The diameter at the rim with the lid off is 7 3/4" and the diameter of the lid is 8 1/2".

Material

Honeysuckle, Oak Splint, Hickory Splint

Plaited Basket Details

Primary Plaiting Type

Wicker Plain Plaiting, 1/1 interval, closed spacing

Plaiting Finish

Compound Binding, Coiled Selvage