Cherokee_Industrial+and+Artistic+Technology

=Industrial and Artistic Technology = Celeste Billung-Meyer (back to rise)

Crafts
- The Cherokee were most famous for their basket weaving; fine strips of Cane, White Oak, Hickory Bark or Honeysuckle were dyed using Walnut, Blood Root, Butternut, Yellow Root or Broom Sedge and woven together in a basket shape (AAANativeArts, [|Arts]) - Another craft was pottery; the Cherokee, who did not have pottery wheels, had to coil and pinch the clay by hand until it made the right shape. To make designs, they would press stones or wood into the side of the clay. After, it was fired in softwood because the thick smoke would give the clay a dark hue (Blue Ridge, [|Pottery]) - Beadwork; the early beads were mainly carved from shells, stones, wood and animal bones. When the Europeans brought glass beads with them, they became the primary material for beadwork among the Cherokee. The beads were applied to leather to make jewellery, moccasins, belts and sashes (Blue Ridge, [|Beadwork]) - Carving; out of both wood and stone were very common. It was used to make items for daily use (bows, arrows, trays) and for recreation (games, ceremonial masks). (Blue Ridge, [|Carving]) - Some other traditional crafts include; weaving and various kinds of metal smiths (AAANativeArts, [|Arts])

 

   

  