Miniature Rib or Melon Basket

Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast

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about 1908

Oak wood splints and dye

Overall: 4 1/4 × 4 in. (10.8 × 10.2 cm)

Overall: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)

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

46.17.9559

Geography

Place Made: Cherokee, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

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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