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Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Artist/Maker
Emma S. Taylor (Emma Squirrel Taylor), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1920-2002
Presenter/funding source
The Greenwich Workshop, Inc.
Seller agent
Ken Blankenship, Eastern Band of Cherokee
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
White oak splint/splints, vegetal dye/dyes
Techniques
Dyed, wicker-plaited
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Place
Birdtown, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
Date created
1996
Collection History
NMAI purchase in 1996 through Ken Blankenship (Eastern Band of Cherokee) with funds donated by The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. (Fine Art publisher, Seymour, Connecticut).