Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is...
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is...
This lidded basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Carol Welch.
Lidded baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight basket; some double weave baskets are even waterproof. The...
This undated basket lid is listed as a separate basket in Qualla Arts and Crafts Artifact Collection inventory. It was made by Lottie Queen Stamper and fits onto a deeper basket, QACM_1992_069. Lidded baskets such as these were used to store...
This undated basket by Lottie Queen Stamper is listed separately from its lid in the Qualla Arts and Crafts Artifact Collection inventory - the lid identifier is QACM_1992_048. Stamper is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. Lidded baskets...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This undated small effigy figure is made of steatite, more commonly known as soapstone, and is shown here on a wooden base. It was made by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940), a self-taught carver and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The...
(019) small piece of polished stone; whitish in color; one corner chipped; possibly marble; stamped with ''This article was the personal property of Horace Kephart''; (020) small piece of polished stone; pinkish in color; possibly marble; stamped...
(019) small piece of polished stone; whitish in color; one corner chipped; possibly marble; stamped with "This article was the personal property of Horace Kephart"; (020) small piece of polished stone; pinkish in color; possibly marble; stamped...
This double weave lidded basket was made by Rowena Bradley, a third generation Cherokee basket weaver. Lidded baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight basket; some double weave...
This lidded doubleweave rivercane basket was made by Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) and photographed by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The basket is modeled after an 18th century Cherokee basket in the collection of the British Museum. In...
This postcard, captioned 'Looking East, Dillsboro, N.C.,' was taken from a hill overlooking the center of the town. By the time this postcard was mailed, with a July 20, 1908, postmark on the reverse, the town of Dillsboro had emerged as a vital...
(a) Small powder horn hooked to black leather pouch; (b) separate strap; Small powder horn with wooden bottom and hook for leather strap; bottom fastened to horn with 5 metal studs; leather on pouch flap is torn and very stiff; part of strap is...
Druggist's scale; Solid brass druggist's scales mounted on walnut base with drawer; drawer has ''84'' penciled on the bottom inside; drawer contains nine weights of various sizes with ''appothecary weights''; metal is tarnished and box has a few...
022) Gourd with metal tripod base; metal is decoratively etched; gourd has been decorated by burning(?); ''MADE IN ARGENTINA''; used to hold and steep yerba mat?? (see comments) with a bombilla; 081) Bombilla; brass straw used for drinking yerba...
Mattock- U. S. Army; One mattock with steel head and wooden handle; painted green - handle and head paint mostly chipped off; has drilled hole in base of handle; head is loose from handle; with ''U.S.'' on head and handle; ''8'' on handle.
Mattock- U. S. Army; One mattock with steel head and wooden handle; painted green - handle and head paint mostly chipped off; has drilled hole in base of handle; head is loose from handle; with ''U.S.'' on head and handle; ''8'' on handle.
(a) Small powder horn hooked to black leather pouch; (b) separate strap; Small powder horn with wooden bottom and hook for leather strap; bottom fastened to horn with 5 metal studs; leather on pouch flap is torn and very stiff; part of strap is...
Mattock- U. S. Army; One mattock with steel head and wooden handle; painted green - handle and head paint mostly chipped off; has drilled hole in base of handle; head is loose from handle; with "U.S." on head and handle; "8" on handle.
Mattock- U. S. Army; One mattock with steel head and wooden handle; painted green - handle and head paint mostly chipped off; has drilled hole in base of handle; head is loose from handle; with "U.S." on head and handle; "8" on handle.
