Basket

JKE, American (Cherokee), late 19th - early 20th century
Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast

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about 1908

River cane, dye, hickory, and oak; Chief's Coffin and Chief's Daughters patterns

Overall: 21 1/4 × 14 9/16 × 13 3/4 in. (54 × 37 × 35 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9538

Geography

Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed [?], in pencil, top of one handle: JKE

Provenance

Unknown maker, Cherokee, North Carolina; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, 1908-1909; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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