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Cherokee Natural Dyes

These are Natural Dyes commonly found in Cherokee Baskets and Natural Dyes in my Baskets

Sunday, May 27, 2007

More Cutch










These photos are still from the same dye pot shown below and as you can see the color gets progressively lighter.
The very top photo is reed that was just dipped and swished in the Cutch twice. The resulting color was just enough to take away that white not dyed look that reed has.

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I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and now live in Oklahoma -- The baskets you see here are traditional weave baskets but commercial materials. Any time any commerical products are used the basket is classified as a contemporary Cherokee Basket. When natural materials such as River Cane, Honeysuckle etc is used with natural dyes, then the basket is classified as a traditional Cherokee Basket. I am also a member of the California State Bar
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