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    • [Basket: rivercane, lidded]

    • [Basket: rivercane, lidded]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Nina Standing Deer]

    • [Nina Standing Deer]

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Basket: white oak, purse]

    • [Basket: white oak, purse]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts white oak purse baskets that were made by Carol Welch utilizing techniques and patterns usually associated with rivercane. The pattern is called the Chief’s Heart. Carol Smith Welch...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Baskets: white oak, purse]

    • [Baskets: white oak, purse]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph was made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and shows white oak purse baskets that were made by Carol Welch. These baskets utilize techniques and patterns usually associated with rivercane. The patterns are, left to right,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Basket: rivercane, lidded]

    • [Basket: rivercane, lidded]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This small double woven basket with lid was made by Lottie Queen Stamper, one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. Stamper's work was experimental; she sometimes looked to other native traditions in making baskets. This rivercane basket uses...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Basket: rivercane, lid]

    • [Basket: rivercane, lid]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Basket: white oak trio]

    • [Basket: white oak trio]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern ; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Basket: white oak]

    • [Basket: white oak]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This grouping of white oak baskets was made by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch. 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. ...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Elzina Tramper Bradley]

    • [Elzina Tramper Bradley]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This 1950 photograph by Vivienne Roberts shows Elzina Tramper Bradley (1917-2007) in front of a large display of Cherokee baskets. She is holding her son Henry James on her back in a manner typical for Cherokee mothers. Most of the baskets behind...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Carol Welch]

    • [Carol Welch]

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph is of Cherokee basket weaver Carol Welch with examples of her baskets. These baskets are white oak, but woven utilizing the rivercane technique. Carol Smith Welch was the daughter of Helen Bradley Smith, who was also an...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Julia Taylor]

    • [Julia Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Julia Taylor]

    • [Julia Taylor]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) making a white oak ribbed basket. A member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, Taylor was known for making ribbed white oak baskets. ...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Agnes Welch]

    • [Agnes Welch]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch shows her preparing white oak splits to use in weaving a basket. Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Cherokee baskets]

    • [Cherokee baskets]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This undated photograph of Cherokee baskets was taken by Edward L. DuPuy for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The variety of basket styles and materials in this photograph reflects the many kinds of baskets made by Cherokee craftspeople. The...
    • Craft Revival
    • [New Echota home, baskets in a cupboard]

    • [New Echota home, baskets in a cupboard]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This 1978 photograph, illustrating the use of Cherokee handwork, was taken inside one historic home at New Echota. The photograph, by an unknown photographer, shows a variety of baskets that were commonly made by Cherokee craftspeople for everyday...
    • Craft Revival
    • Baskets of the Woods

    • Baskets of the Woods

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Elsie Watty]

    • [Elsie Watty]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • In this undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph, basket weaver Elsie Watty is shown separating white oak into splits. Elsie Welch Watty (b. 1935) was a master Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in making white oak baskets and was known...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • [Lottie Stamper]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this undated photograph by an unknown photographer, Stamper is shown carving an interlock handle for a white oak basket. In the background is a young girl working...
    • Craft Revival

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