This large upright storage basket was made by Lizzie “Nannie” Stamper Youngbird (1903-1967), a Cherokee woman of western North Carolina. Baskets such as these were made to store domestic goods, from dry foodstuffs to clothing. The natural...
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...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) with a small white oak ribbed basket in her lap. A member of Birdtown Community of the Qualla Indian Boundary, Taylor was known for making ribbed white oak...
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. ...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer includes a series of white oak ribbed baskets made by Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991). Included in the shot is a single wall basket and a two- and three-tiered version. A member of the Birdtown...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor in 1970. This type of basket is known as a "canoe basket" for its shape. Woven in white oak, the basket is 16" long and was...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor. This type of white oak basket is traditionally called a “hen” basket; Taylor adapted the form to function as a knitting...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor. This purse basket illustrates how regional basket weavers adapted traditional techniques to new forms in response to...
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor in 1970. This type basket is known as a wall basket; flat on one side, it hangs against a wall. Woven in white oak, the...
This four-page sepia toned brochure was published by the Member’s Gallery of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc. to accompany an exhibition held in May 1983. Pictured are a variety of white oak rib baskets baskets made by Minda Wolfe’s...
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Amy opens with her story "Little Girl, Little Girl," followed by the Butterpats performing "Down in My Heart." Doreyl interviews Brenda McAfee from Asheville, who is joined by her daughters as they sing "Hey Ole Timer." Amy talks with 95-year-old...
The Crossnore School was managed by Dr. Mary Martin Sloop and funded by the Daughters of the American Revolution. They developed a weaving room to help raise funds for the early school, which was still their emphasis in 1944. Questionnaires like...
This stepback cabinet was made by woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup around 1918. A number of useful features are incorporated in this kitchen furniture item including two flour or meal bins that open to the front, upper storage shelves, a horizontal...
This tall storage basket was made by Lottie Queen Stamper, one of Cherokee’s best-known basket weavers. It is dyed with walnut, giving the rivercane splits their brown color. Using rivercane in the single weave technique, weaving begins from a...
This storage basket was made by Lottie Queen Stamper, one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. It is dyed with walnut, giving the rivercane splits their brown color. Using rivercane in the single weave technique, the weaving begins from a...
This photograph was taken at the 1948 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands while it was held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The photograph shows potter Charlotte Welch Bigmeat (1887-1959) while she is demonstrating at the fair. Bigmeat is...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of Cherokee basket weaver, Sally Ann Taylor Wade (1924-1988). Wade is shown making white oak splits with a pocketknife, preparing materials needed to weave a basket. Wade was born in the...
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...
The four-page brochure, "White Oak Rib Basketry By The Taylor Family" was produced in conjunction with an exhibition of baskets by Taylor family at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc. in Cherokee, North Carolina. Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) and...
This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983). Large baskets of this shape and size were traditionally used to transport agricultural products, to gather vegetables from the field or garden...
