This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows renowned potter Cora Wahnetah using a paddle to make a design on a piece of her pottery. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora...
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 photograph, probably taken in the 1890s or early 1900s, shows Arizona Swayney, a Cherokee student at Hampton Institute, making a basket. To the right of the photograph are several finished rivercane baskets. Swayney attended Hampton Normal...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- United States;
These documents pertain to the life and work of Howard C. Ford, more commonly known as Toni Ford. Included are a biographical profile written to accompany an exhibit at the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1985 and two pages of biographical...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Lucy Morgan, weaver, instructor, and founder of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). Included is the transcript of an interview conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Edd Presnell (1917-1994), an Avery County woodworker known mostly for his hand made dulcimers. Included are two Southern Highland Handicraft Guild member questionnaires from 1958 and 1965. Presnell...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Jewelry making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Silverwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This page contains a brief history of the Stuart Nye silver jewelry shop in Asheville, North Carolina. He writes that "originating the dogwood design" was the "magic" of the business. Today, Stuart Nye metalsmiths are still known for the dogwood...
Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a copper serving set believed to be made by Arch Miller. Its design is traditional early American, rather than Native American, although Miller often worked in small Indian motifs, like...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts two candlesticks believed to be made by Arch Miller. They are identical, except for their material; one is made from copper, the other from sheet steel. Arch Miller belonged to the...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts two small ash trays that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. To make items like these, sheet copper is cut and then hammered into shape, leaving the texture of the hammer...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a steel barbecue fork believed to have been made by Arch Miller. The fork handle was made from mountain laurel. Arch Miller belonged to the Western Band of Cherokee Indians and was an...
This undated photograph, by an unknown photographer, depicts a bowl and letter opener that are believed to have been made by Arch Miller. Both are hammered from sheet copper; the bowl was folded upward and inward to create its rounded shape. ...
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...
This undated photograph was made by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and shows a white oak planter basket that was made by Carol Welch. This basket utilizes techniques and patterns usually associated with rivercane, and the pattern is called the...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts a modeled earthenware pottery bowl that is an effigy made in the form of a chicken. The coiled pot with incised designs was made by Cora Wahnetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of an earthenware vase made with incised designs and burnished neck. It was made by Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986), also known Cora Wahyahneetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians....
This exhibition brochure was created to accompany a 1971 solo exhibition of pottery by Cora Wahnetah. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora Wahyahneetah. The exhibition was organized...
Indian masks -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of a wildcat mask carved from buckeye wood by Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12...
