Culture/People

Eastern Band of Cherokee

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual (Qualla Arts & Crafts Cooperative/Qualla Arts & Crafts Coop/Qualla Crafts), 1946-

Object Name

Basket handle

Media/Materials

White oak

Techniques

Carved

Dimensions

35.8 x 27.7 x 2.3 cm

Object Type

Containers and Vessels

Place

Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)

Date created

1967-1968

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1968; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

25/8544

Barcode

258544.000

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Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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