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...
This lidded basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Carol Welch.
Lidded baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight basket; some double weave baskets are even waterproof. The...
This double weave lidded basket was made by Rowena Bradley, a third generation Cherokee basket weaver. Lidded baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight basket; some double weave...
This double weave storage basket was made by Eva Wolfe, a Cherokee basket weaver who received national honors later in her life. Storage baskets such as these were used to store foodstuffs and household goods. The double weave makes for a tight...
This cane basket, in the collection of Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, is not Cherokee, but was was made by the Chitimacha (or Chetimacha) tribe of Louisiana. The Chitimacha tribe used a species of rivercane that grows in the bayous to make...
This cane basket, in the collection of Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, is not Cherokee, but was was made by the Chitimacha (or Chetimacha) tribe of Louisiana. The Chitimacha tribe used a species of rivercane that grows in the bayous to make...
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...
This rivercane tray was woven by Rowena Bradley in the double weave technique, making a tight basket. Double weave baskets are sometimes waterproof. Trays such as these were used to store dried foodstuffs or small possessions. The rivercane...
Arts and crafts movement -- United States; Handicraft -- United States;
This black and white image is a close-up of the weave pattern known as Governor’s Garden, also called Mountain Cucumber and St. Ann’s Robe. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.2, Governor's Garden, Franklin Co. Ala. Almost identical with...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This color image is a close-up of a weave pattern known as Catalpa Flower, a name likely derived from its resemblance, real or imagined, to the flower of the Catalpa, or Catawba, tree that is native to the southern region of the United States. See...
Handicraft -- United States; Arts and crafts movement -- United States;
This black and white image shows a variation of a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and Snail Trail, identified here by the name Old Roads. The circles are said to resemble a cat’s paw, or snowball, while the diagonal undulating lines resemble...
Arts and crafts movement; Handicraft -- United States;
This color image is a close-up of a weave pattern known as Catalpa Flower, a name likely derived from its resemblance, real or imagined, to the flower of the Catalpa, or Catawba, tree that is native to the southern region of the United States. See...
Handicraft -- United States; Arts and crafts movement -- United States;
This close-up image of a plaid bedcover is in a weave pattern known as Birdseye Twill. The pattern name evolved from the small figure or design that resembles a bird’s eye. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.27. Birdseye, Allegany Co.,...
Handicraft -- United States; Arts and crafts movement -- United States;
This black and white close-up of a check bedcover is in a weave pattern known as Birdseye Twill. The pattern name evolved from the small figure or design that resembles a bird’s eye. The photograph is marked on the back as: "No.28, from...
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...
The rivercane wall mat was made by Rowena Bradley, who was born in the Swimmer Branch Community of the Qualla Indian Boundary, near Cherokee, North Carolina. Butternut was used to achieve the brown color; bloodroot produced the orange. The weave...
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...
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...
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 undated photograph of Cherokee basket weaver Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was made by photographer Edward DuPuy. Wolfe is shown working on a single weave rivercane basket on the porch of her home in Big Cove.
Living and working in the Big...
