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Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
Document: mm050

[Photograph of late 18th century to 1838 lidded double weave cane basket from Knox County, Tennessee] / [by W. Miles Wright]


author: Wright, W. Miles
date:
extent: 1p
summary : This is a photograph of a late 18th century to 1838 lidded double weave cane basket of Cherokee origin from Knox County, Tennessee.
repository : Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee Knoxville
collection : Frank H. McClung Museum Photographic Collection
document : mm050

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[ Note: Lidded double weave cane basket, late 18th century to 1838, from Knox County, Tennessee. Some Cherokee families routinely acquired cloth, clothing, and foodstuffs by bartering baskets to the Anglo-American farmers who lived on the borders of the Cherokee Nation. Photograph by W. Miles Wright. This information was provided by the Frank H. McClung Museum. ] [ Note: This document consists of one image only. ]


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