Cherokee Basketry by M. Anna Fariello

Author:M. Anna Fariello
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.

White oak baskets can be made with a number of different weave structures. In the checkerwork weave, the thickness of the warp and the weft is the same. The weave is an even over-one-under-one process, producing a checkerboard effect. A checkerwork basket is also called a “split basket.”

A popular variation of white oak basketry is the rib basket, possibly the most common form made throughout the Appalachians. To create a rib basket, the maker begins with a pair of intersecting hoops and builds a framework of rigid splints. These are woven over with flexible splints, so little of the rigid warp is visible. Pauline Taylor Junaluska explained the process:

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