This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The tray was a common basket form among the Cherokee. Trays were traditionally used for gaming or to serve food. In this tray, the honeysuckle was woven over wide white oak...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The basket is made from honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Traditionally, storage baskets were made to store domestic...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak splints. The basket shape begins with a round base and was woven upward and outward. Traditionally, storage baskets were made to...
This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lucy George. The basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak splints with two carved drop handles attached to the base. A small handled basket such as this one can be used as a purse. Larger...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George dipping a coil of honeysuckle vine into a dye bath. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George beginning to weave a honeysuckle basket. She is surrounded by baskets that she made. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George at the opening of the exhibition, “Basketry by Lucy George.” The 1970 exhibition was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George removing a coil of honeysuckle vine from a dye bath. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born...
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George beginning to weave a honeysuckle basket. George is laying out a white oak framework; she will weave the honeysuckle vine over that. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a...
This honeysuckle mat was woven by Lucy Nola George (1897-1978), a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born Lucy Nola in 1897. Raised in the Birdtown community, her father was George Squirrel. Her...
Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned...
