Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not learn this craft through her family. Instead, Welch learned to make baskets in school, from Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987)....
Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not learn this craft through her family. Instead, Welch learned to make baskets in school, from Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987)....
Allen Eaton is pictured here with Kate Clayton Donaldson (ca. 1864-1960), more commonly known as Granny Donaldson, who is displaying one of her "cow blankets." She is seated in a rocking chair in the shade. A basket which appears to hold skeins...
Although Betty DuPree (1929-2012) was born and raised in Cherokee, North Carolina, she lived much of her adult years away from the area, having accompanied her husband to the Southwest where he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She returned...
Although its maker is not known, the form, material, technique, and pattern are typical of Cherokee basketry. Cherokee basket weavers made baskets for a variety of functions. This purse basket, or "shopper" as it was sometimes called, was taken...
Although its maker is not known, the form, material, technique, and pattern are typical of Cherokee basketry. Traditionally, trays such as these were used to hold foodstuffs and household goods. To make this tray, the basket weaver used a complex...
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...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina, Western; Banjo -- Construction; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy opens the show with her story “Granny Dawson's Basket.” Doreyl and local artist Casey Queen of Dillsboro discuss the artists and events of the upcoming ColorFest celebration in Dillsboro. Amy talks with Jeffrey Delfield of Bryson City, who...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina, Western; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy tells the “Story of the Basket.” Doreyl interviews the Balsam Mountain Bluegrass Band and they share their music. Amy talks with Eddie Swimmer, director of Cherokee’s outdoor drama Unto These Hills. Balsam Mountain Bluegrass Band plays...
An outdoor display of crafts was installed for the Folk Art Center ground breaking ceremony. Prominent among the crafts are an array of Cherokee baskets. The photograph was made on June 7, 1977 at the Folk Art Center site on the Blue Ridge...
Annie Wolfe James was born in 1936 into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Minda Wolfe (Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe, 1897-1983). Her aunt, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. She and her...
Basket maker Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) is shown here working on a double weave rivercane basket in this Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph from 1969.
Living and working in the Big Cove community northeast of Cherokee, Eva Wolfe was a master...
Basket maker Eva Wolfe is shown in this undated photograph with an rivercane purse basket in her lap. She sits surrounded by other rivercane baskets, three of them made in the complex double weave style. One basket is tagged with a First Place...
Basket maker Eva Wolfe is shown in this undated photograph with an unfinished rivercane basket in her lap. She sits surrounded by many other rivercane baskets, most of them in the complex double weave style. Living and working in the Big Cove...
Baskets like this one were made to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The natural aeration of the single weave allows the stored goods to remain dry. Large baskets that taper inward like this one were often used to store corn....
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he...
Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father, Thomas Lossiah was a medicine man who...
Caroline Wolfe lived on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina and wove split white oak baskets. This photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows Wolfe demonstrating at the 1950 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in...
