This undated storage basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010). The upright basket is made with white oak splits. Woven upward from a rectangular base, the basket necks in before flaring outward to a round rim. ...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. In the photograph, Smoker is pulling apart white oak splits in preparation for making a basket. ...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Smoker lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Smoker lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) uses a pocketknife to finish off a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010), finishes off the inside of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) is working on the base of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) uses a pocketknife to trim a white oak split. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2000) is starting work on the base of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) is weaving the base of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) is weaving the base of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) is finishing off the rim of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) is weaving the sides of a white oak basket. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of...
Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) was a basket weaver of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the Qualla Boundary, in Graham County, NC. Learning to make baskets...
