This undated postcard shows a photograph of a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket. The back of the postcard reads, "The Cherokee Indian Reservation is adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During the Annual Indian Fair ceremonial...
This program for the 1935 Cherokee Indian Fair is 23 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 1, 2, 3, & 4 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main functions...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a white oak storage basket made by Carol Welch, utilizing techniques and patterns usually associated with rivercane. Its pattern is the Chief’s Daughter. Carol Smith Welch was the...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a female booger mask made by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). The mask was carved from buckeye and finished with fur or hair. Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community in...
This program for the 1949 Cherokee Indian Fair is 28 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This program for the 1948 Cherokee Indian Fair is 27 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a booger mask made by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). The mask was made from a hornet’s nest. Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community in Cherokee, North Carolina. When...
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, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) at home on her porch in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Taylor is trimming white oak splits to prepare for basket weaving. A...
This program for the 1950 Cherokee Indian Fair is 64 pages and documents the fair that was held on October 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 of that year. The fair was first formally established and held regularly in 1914. Since it began, one of its main...
This early 20th century photograph shows a scene at the Cherokee Indian Fair, and event that has historically been an important social gathering in the life of the Cherokee community and a significant draw to tourists. First formally established...
This photograph shows the original site of annual Cherokee Indian Fair. The fair was originally held in Big Cove, beginning in 1914, later moving to the fairgrounds in Cherokee. The Cherokee Indian Fair is an event that has historically been an...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts a modeled earthenware pottery bowl that is an effigy made in the form of a chicken. The coiled pot with incised designs was made by Cora Wahnetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows a carving of a Cherokee potter that was made by Cherokee woodcarver Virgil Ledford, who was born in 1940 in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Ledford began carving as a child...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years old, Long learned how to make masks from...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a wildcat mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a wildcat mask made by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). The mask was carved from buckeye and finished with fur. Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee,...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a bear mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a booger mask made by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). The mask was carved from buckeye and finished with fur. Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community in Cherokee, North...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a buffalo mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community in Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years old,...
