These three decorated white oak baskets were made by Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002), a master Cherokee basket weaver. Taylor was from the Birdtown community of Cherokee, North Carolina and specialized in white oak baskets. This trio of baskets...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1975 exhibition of "Basketry by Emma Taylor." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1969 exhibition of "Basketry by Eva Wolfe." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual,...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany a 1978 exhibition of "Basketry by Eva Wolfe." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany a 1974 exhibition of "Rivercane Basketry by Rowena Bradley." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts...
This brochure, Documentary of Six Cherokee Artists, was produced to accompany a 1976 exhibition of honeysuckle baskets by Nancy Conseen, woodcarving and sculpture by Gilbert Crowe, rivercane basketry by Edmund Youndbird, pottery by Louise and John...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This four-page brochure was produced to accompany a 1970 exhibition of work by Cherokee sculptor and woodcarver Amanda Crowe. The exhibit was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual and included 15 pieces in terra cotta, walnut, cherry, and buckeye....
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This four-page brochure was published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual to accompany an exhibition of carvings by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). A member of the Eastern Band, Wilnoty was born in the Cherokee...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This photograph is of a pendant by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). The carving, made in 1960, was made of stone and is 3 inches high. It was pictured in a 1971 brochure published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Qualla Arts and Crafts...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This photograph is of a sculpture titled "Struggler" by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). The sculpture, made in 1970, was made of stone and is 8 inches long. It was pictured in a 1971 brochure published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and...
Betty DuPree (1929-2012) was born and raised in Cherokee. After marrying, she left Cherokee to live in the Southwest where she worked in arts and crafts galleries and learned about Native American crafts. Returning to the Qualla Boundary in 1973,...
This photograph, taken circa 1972 by an unknown photographer, is of Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch with an unfinished white oak basket in her lap. Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts...
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany an exhibition of baskets by Carol Welch held in the fall of 1977. The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph was most likely taken for a 1977 exhibition of Elsie Watty's white oak baskets at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative in Cherokee. The body of this picnic basket, dyed with walnut root, is...
This exhibition brochure was created to accompany a 1971 solo exhibition of pottery by Cora Wahnetah. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora Wahyahneetah. The exhibition was organized...
his business card and invitation are examples of early promotional materials developed by Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., a Cherokee artisan cooperative run for and by members of the Eastern Band. Located in the town of Cherokee, on the...
This 1979 photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware pottery bowl made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). This bowl, with carved base, was made in 1973 and was featured in the brochure, “Designs in...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of a blackware pottery vase made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). Louise Bigmeat was raised on Wrights Creek in the Painttown community of Cherokee, North Carolina. A member of the Eastern...
This undated photograph, most likely made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows a blackware pottery vase made by Louise Bigmeat Maney (1932-2001). This vase, with added beads, was featured on the cover the brochure. “Designs in pottery by...
