Demonstration kit/items

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Usage Conditions Apply
Culture/People
Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Stephen M. Richmond, Non-Indian, 1920-2000
Object Name
Demonstration kit/items
Media/Materials
Woodsplints, cane (swamp cane/river cane), vegetal dye/dyes
Techniques
Twill-plaited, dyed, double-woven
Dimensions
16.0 x 15.0 x 6.0 cm
Object Type
Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
Place
Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA (inferred)
Date created
1964
Collection History
Donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board by Stephen M. Richmond (1920-2004, IACB field representative to the Cherokee) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
Catalog Number
26/1902
Barcode
261902.000
See related items
Eastern Band of Cherokee [Qualla Boundary]
Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
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