American & Southern | December 5, 2024
Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1144
Two Lucille Lossiah Shopper Baskets
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
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| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Cherokee, Swain County, N.C., 1994, one white oak splits with red maple curls, with Indian Arts and Crafts Board tag, bloodroot and walnut-root dyes, initialed "LL" on bottom, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 x 5-1/4 in.; one river cane with oak handles, bloodroot and butternut dyes, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 x 5-1/4 in.
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Note: Bloodroot and walnut-dyed basket pictured in Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South by John A. Burrison, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 68.
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024
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From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
minor fraying and splits, good overall condition
