Object Details
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Dora Bigmeat (D. Bigmeat/Dora Long Bigmeat), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1913-1991
- 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-
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative (Cherokee, North Carolina) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- 1964-1965
- Catalog Number
- 25/5367
- Barcode
- 255367.000
- Object Type
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- Object Name
- Basket
- Media/Materials
- White oak splint/splints, dye/dyes
- Techniques
- Twill-plaited
- Dimensions
- 27 x 27 x 28.5 cm
- Place
- Cherokee, Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Swain County; North Carolina; USA
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_271232
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62f54b792-6b6c-4cfc-9347-68b43c9e7f4d
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