Postcard of Cherokee women and a front porch with a display of finished pottery. The two women (center and right) are burnishing pottery. The woman on left is weaving with a handloom. Caption reads, "Making Cherokee Pottery."
These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee woodcarver, sculptor, and teacher, Amanda Crowe. Included are: her resume done in 1961, a press release produced by the Guild, in the 1970s or 1980s; a transcript of an interview done by...
This 1940s postcard shows three "Basket Makers at work" in Cherokee, North Carolina. The basket weavers are all members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and are working on white oak ribbed baskets. Standing is Rachel Taylor, whose mother...
John and Sarah Catolster were woodworkers from Cherokee, North Carolina. They carved wooden bowls and other utensils. The photograph was taken by Ralph Wiggington at the 1949 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
In this photograph by Vivienne Roberts, Cherokee basketmakers Nice George and Lucy George Long are shown preparing materials to make baskets. They are in the process of cutting, scraping, and thinning white oak splits or splints into different...
This photograph shows Cherokee potter Amanda Swimmer demonstrating at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Located on the Qualla Boundary, lands belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the village features recreated Cherokee dwellings and...
This photograph shows a Cherokee potter, Mabel Bigmeat demonstrating at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Located on the Qualla Boundary, lands belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the village features recreated Cherokee dwellings and...
This undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch shows her preparing white oak splits to use in weaving a basket. Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not...
This 1937 photograph of Nancy Bradley was made Chattanooga photographer W. M. Cline. Bradley is shown holding a rivercane basket in her lap. Few baskets made by Nancy Bradley are known to exist, although word of her work is legendary. Both her...
This undated photograph of Nancy Bradley was made Chattanooga photographer W. M. Cline. Bradley is shown holding four rivercane baskets. Few baskets made by Nancy Bradley are known to exist, although word of her work is legendary. Both her...
Basket maker Eva Wolfe is shown in this undated photograph with an rivercane purse basket in her lap. She sits surrounded by other rivercane baskets, three of them made in the complex double weave style. One basket is tagged with a First Place...
This photograph, probably taken in the 1890s or early 1900s, shows Arizona Swayney, a Cherokee student at Hampton Institute, making a basket. To the right of the photograph are several finished rivercane baskets. Swayney attended Hampton Normal...
Dolly Taylor learned to make baskets from her mother, renowned Cherokee basket weaver Julia Taylor. Born in 1938, Dolly began to learn basket weaving when she was 10 years old. Her sisters--Rachel Taylor, Sally Taylor Wade, and Pauline...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, features Cherokee basket weaver Dolly Taylor. Taylor learned to make baskets from her mother, renowned Cherokee basket weaver Julia Taylor. Born in 1938, Dolly began to learn basket weaving when...
The Lossiah sisters were basket weavers and enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. They grew up in the Big Cove community of the Qualla Boundary, in western North Carolina. Pictured here are Maggie Lossiah and her sister Jane Lossiah...
Annie Wolfe James was born in 1936 into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Minda Wolfe (Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe, 1897-1983). Her aunt, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. She and her...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Cherokee basket weaver Minda Wolfe. Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983) was part an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the...
This photograph shows Ethelyn Conseen standing at the entrance of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., a Cherokee artisan cooperative run for and by members of the Eastern Band. Conseen holds a rivercane basket. The image was made by...
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...
This photograph shows, from left to right, Edmund Youngbird, Lana Gudger, Joan Mondale, and Mrs. Robert B. Morgan. Youngbird was a Cherokee basket weaver and member of Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual. Lana Gudger was the wife of Vonno Lamar Gudger,...
