This illustrated guide was produced for an exhibition on cornhusk crafts held at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Folk Art Center Museum, October 3 through December 4, 1981. The guide gives a brief history of cornhusk crafts and lists the...
In 1944, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and the Southern Highlanders, Inc. received a $6,000 grant from the General Education Board to study the field of crafts as an income-producing venture in the southern Appalachian area. Grant staff...
This text describing cornhusk doll maker May Ritchie Deschamps (1896-1982) was written for inclusion in the catalog for "Crafts of Cornhusk," an exhibition produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1981. The piece provides biographical...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Margerette C. Buchanan went to school to learn her art. She was able to do teaching at Penland, as well as being part of the family business. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project,...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic...
Rachel Taylor (1922-1981) was born into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991), an elder and traditional teacher among Cherokee basket weavers. Julia Taylor taught her four daughters how make baskets and all...
The snapshot shows Southern Highland Craft Guild member, Nancy Conseen demonstrating basketry in the entrance to the Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina. Behind her is a poster with the schedule of craft demonstrations sponsored by the...
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father, Thomas Lossiah was a medicine man who...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
