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Basket with lid

Artist Rose Taylor (Cherokee)

DateLate 20th C

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, White oak, honeysuckle vine, dye (walnut?)

Dimensions7 1/2” H (without loop) x 9 1/2” Diam.

SignedBottom: Rose Taylor in pencil

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNA2010.051.LMA

DescriptionLidded basket, plaited with white oak splints and dyed and natural honeysuckle vine. Basket has narrow foot and lip and wide waist. Body and lid of basket have dyed vines, some brown (walnut?) and some yellow (bloodroot?): the yellow appears to be faded.

ClassificationsBasketry

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