Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Basket |
Catalog Number |
KM2023.30.166 |
Other Number |
412 |
Description |
Cherokee-style storage basket. Made from natural and smoked rattan woven in twill and Friendship techniques. Rectangular base moves into a circular rim. Rim is lashed with diagonal pieces of material. Basket bulbs out in its body. Pencil signature reads, "Beth Hester 2008." |
Collection |
Hester-Gilbert Collection |
Place of Origin |
Allen Co. KY |
Material |
Rattan |
Technique |
Weaving |
Artist |
Hester, Elizabeth Allen "Beth," b. 1956 |
Signed Name |
Beth Hester |
Signature Location |
bottom of basket |
Medium |
Fiber |
Role Artist |
Basketmaker |
Search Terms |
Basket Basketmakers Basketmaking Cherokee Indians Folk Art Folk art, Kentucky Folk art Weaving |
Subjects |
Basket making Basket making--Kentucky Baskets Folk art Folk art Weaving |
People |
Hester, Elizabeth Allen "Beth," b. 1956 |
Date |
2008 |
Caption |
Cherokee-style Tall Basket |
Number of Images |
2 |
Dimensions |
H-12 W-8 inches |