Basket: white oak, shopper

Description

This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983). Sometimes called a shopper, baskets of this size were used for shopping or as a purse. The handle is woven into and beneath the basket to give it strength, allowing its user to carry heavy loads. The white oak was dyed with walnut and blood root to achieve the brown and orange colors that are woven into the basket. The basket is rib construction. Wolfe was part an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Wolfe taught five daughters to weave: Dinah Wolfe, Lillian Crowe, Annie James, Katie Panther, and Ollie Crowe.
Details
- Creator
  - Wolfe, Minda Hill Sequoyah, 1897-1983
- Format
  - Crafts (art genres)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: unknown
  - Date digitized: 2009-01-06
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 10.5" x 6.5"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Qualla Boundary
  - Appalachian Region, Southern
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Artifact Collection
- Identifier
  - QACM_1992_090
- Repository
  - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual

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