Chestnut Bread Tray
Award winning basket is woven of ash, dyed with
cochineal, and has Cherokee symbols. The diamonds are "Chief''s Daughters" and the stars are "Noonday
Sun". This is an original design by Peggy. Inspired by a photo
of an old basket. |
Man on Horse
Award winning basket is woven of ash, dyed with Madder and Walnut and has Cherokee symbols. This is her original design inspired by a photo of an old mat fragment. Seminole Indians name this symbol Man on Horse. It is also known as Whirling Logs. To Peggy, it represents the 4 directions.
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Corn Catcher Basket
Traditionally woven SE Indian style food preparation
basket. Others in the set are the winnowing basket and
the food sifter. This was the first traditional basket
some of the members of the Oklahoma Native American Basketweavers
wove in 2001. |
Twill Pocket Basket
Ash makes a very tight plaited twill for the SE Indian traditional baskets that are also woven of river cane, maple and white oak. The basket is naturally dyed with madder, goldenrod and walnut plants. |
Repeating Chief's Daughters
Twill Basket
This was one of the most complicated and time consuming baskets Peggy has made. It is cane dyed with Kota and Walnut. Peggy did not start with a design in mind and continued weaving until she had no more stake length.
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Small Clan Symbol Mat
Cane mat of clan symbols. One of Peggy's first mats |
NoonDay Sun Mat
Award winning mat is woven of cane. It is dyed with bloodroot, walnut and goldenrod. This is her original design inspired by a photo of an old mat. |
Blow Gun Dart Quiver
This basket is woven in the traditional size used by SE Indians for blow gun darts. |
Red Earth Award Winner
Award winning basket is woven of ash, dyed with Kota and Walnut and has Cherokee symbols. This is Peggy's original design. |
White Oak Storage Basket
Award winning basket is woven of white oak, dyed with Walnut and Bloodroot. Cherokee symbols are repeating Chief's Daughters. This is a traditionally sized storage basket. Peggy was inspired to weave it from a photo of an old basket, although she could only see one side of the basket.
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