In the 1700's the Cherokee made floor cloths, perhaps much like this one, to cover dirt floors in their log cabins. Red paint was the color they most often traded for with the English in Charleston, NC. This symbol is said to signify success and was important in war. The word Dalala is Cherokee for woodpecker. Once thought to be extinct due to excessinve logging, the Dalala, the ivory-billed woodpecker has recently been found in Arknsas. This bird is also referred to as the Lord God bird because when someone sees it they say, "Lord God, look at that bird." This floor cloth serves to preserve the image of the artifact pictured below.

A small Dalala hand-painted cloth also makes a stunning desk mat for the office.

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Shell gorget artifact with pileated or ivory-billed woodpecker motif. From William H. Holmes, "Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans." Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington D.C., 1883.