Once-known maker, basket with lid, Swain County or Jackson County, North Carolina

In by Steve Lenhart

Once-known maker, basket with lid, Swain County or Jackson County, North Carolina, c. 1850. Rivercane, pigments, and cotton, 8 5⁄8 × 3 1⁄4 × 4 1⁄8 in. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1/9150