This undated photograph of Cherokee baskets was taken by Edward L. DuPuy for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The variety of basket styles and materials in this photograph reflects the many kinds of baskets made by Cherokee craftspeople. The...
Cherokee basket weavers made baskets for a variety of functions. This purse basket, or "shopper" as it was sometimes called, was taken to market and used to carry purchases. The drop handles are made from wood and were carved separately from the...
This undated photograph is of a display of Cherokee baskets made by the Minda Wolfe family. Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983) was part of an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the...
Cherokee basket weavers made baskets for a variety of functions. This purse basket, or "shopper" as it was sometimes called, was used by women. The drop handles are made from wood and were carved separate from the basket; the handle attachments...
Cherokee craftworker Rowena Bradley is shown in this photograph surrounded by baskets that she made. In her lap are strips of rivercane, the material that she used to construct the baskets. To the left is a very large single weave basket; the...
This 1938 photograph shows a Cherokee, North Carolina craft shop that features a large selection of Cherokee baskets. The baskets, including rivercane and white oak, have been made in a wide assortment of styles, sizes, and patterns. The large...
This undated photograph is of Cherokee basket weaver Carol Welch with examples of her baskets. These baskets are white oak, but woven utilizing the rivercane technique. Carol Smith Welch was the daughter of Helen Bradley Smith, who was also an...
In this photograph Miss Cherokee, Debbie Conseen stands before a display of Cherokee baskets. The photograph was made on June 7, 1977 on the occasion of the ground breaking of the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North...
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These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee basket maker, Nancy Conseen (1929-1997). Included are a biographical profile written around 1983 and an overview of Conseen's basketry, probably written to accompany and exhibition of...
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket weaver using locally grown rivercane in the early 1950s. The basket features a traditional Cherokee basketmaking technique known as double weave, a complicated process where the inner and outer...
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker during the 1930s. It is made from white oak which has been dyed with natural dyes made from walnut, bloodroot, and yellowroot. The form is commonly called a market basket.
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker during the 1930s or 1940s. It is made from white oak which has been dyed with natural dye made from walnut. The form is commonly called a market basket.
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker during the 1930s. It is made from white oak which has been dyed with natural dye made from walnut. The form is commonly called a market basket.
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker in the early 1900s. It is made from rivercane which was dyed with walnut (dark stain) and bloodroot (orange stain). It features a decorative pattern and wooden handles.
This basket was woven by an unknown Cherokee basket maker during the 1910s or 1920s. It is a medium sized white oak basket with a double hinged lid. The fibers were naturally dyed with walnut (dark), bloodroot (reddish), and a third vegetable dye...
This rivercane planter basket was made by Edmund Youngbird (1922-1995). Both the design and form of this basket are adaptations of Cherokee traditions. The dominant motif is the Snake or Serpent design, with the "serpents" running diagonally...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Rowena Bradley preparing to work on a rivercane basket. On the ground beside her is a pile of rivercane, already cut and split. Born in 1922 in the Swimmer Branch Community of the Qualla...
This undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was made by photographer Edward DuPuy. Wolfe is shown working on a single weave rivercane basket on the porch of her home in Big Cove.
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