This Booger mask, made by Cherokee artisan Fred McCoy, is made from a gourd. The mask is signed "Fred McCoy 92" on the back. Different types of masks were traditionally used in Cherokee culture for a variety of ceremonial purposes. Today, masks are...
Wooden marker (grave marker) with routed script ''HORACE KEPHART 9.8.'62 - 4.2.'31''; on back ''KEP PROPHET OF THE SMOKIES'' - ''KEP'' is in script and the ''S'' in smokies is hidden; varnished oak; has 2 steel angle irons for mounting (10''...
Wooden marker (grave marker) with routed script "HORACE KEPHART 9.8.'62 - 4.2.'31"; on back "KEP PROPHET OF THE SMOKIES" - "KEP" is in script and the "S" in smokies is hidden; varnished oak; has 2 steel angle irons for mounting (10" long); 1 eye...
This rivercane burden basket was made in 1982 by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch and photographed at a later date by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior. The basket was dyed using blood root...
This undated postcard reads on the back, "Chief Standing Deer's wife and daughter making baskets in front of their home. The Indian Reservation is located on the Eastern Boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." Such postcards were a...
This undated postcard features a colorized photograph of a Cherokee woman making a basket at the Cherokee Indian Fair. The back of the postcard reads, "Mrs. Nina Standing Deer was a feature of the Cherokee Indian Fair as she wove her baskets...
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 undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts craft items for sale in a Cherokee craft shop on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Native-made articles on display in...
This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket at a site on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Basket Weaving. One of the Arts...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This Clan mask, made in 2003 by Cherokee artisan Leroy Tramper, is carved from ash wood. The mask is signed “H. L. T.” on the back. Different types of masks were traditionally used in Cherokee culture for a variety of ceremonial purposes....
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation; Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc.;...
Amy’s opening story is “Crepe Paper Roses”, where she takes the listener back to when she made waxed crepe paper roses with her grandmother for Decoration Day. (“Whispering Hope” by Jo Northup accompanies her story.) Doreyl’s guest on...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Bryson City (N.C.); Architecture
Photograph of a bridge in Bryson City, North Carolina, used for automobile and pedestrian traffic. A partial ink stamp number on back reads ''405.'' Also on the back, note in pencil in Kephart's handwriting, ''F.6.6. 1/100''. The description in...
Photograph of a bridge in Bryson City, North Carolina, used for automobile and pedestrian traffic. A partial ink stamp number on back reads "405." Also on the back, note in pencil in Kephart's handwriting, "F.6.6. 1/100". The description in...
The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Cabin at Siler's Meadows" This photograph is on Album page 41 with the heading "Great Smoky Mts." The Album page contains a general caption for all the photographs on the page: "These...
The Album caption reads simply "Widow Davis." The caption on the reverse of the picture is more detailed and notes: "Widow Davis' cabin on Dick Creek near Dillsboro. Fair sample of all the cabins in these mts., but better chimney than common. No...
This promotional postcard was produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Allanstand craft shop and features a family of cornhusk dolls made by Margaret C. Revis. These dolls were sold by the Allanstand shop dating back to the 1920s. ...
Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- United States; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern name of this black and white image is Sixteen Snowballs or "No.23, 16 Snowballs, Franklin Co. Va." The back of this photograph is actually marked “No.22, "Sunrise" or "The Walls of Troy" Franklin Co., Va." However, the unidentified...
The pattern name of this black and white image is Sunrise or “No.22, "Sunrise" or "The Walls of Troy" Franklin Co., Va." The back of this photograph is actually marked: "No.23, 16 Snowballs, Franklin Co. Va." However, the unidentified transcriber...
