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Title
[Elsie
Watty
basket
display]
Creator
unknown
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
1968
Dimensions
7" x 5.25"
Description
This
historic
photograph
was
made
by an
unknown
photographer
in
1968
at an
unknown
Native
American
competition
in
Oklahoma
.
Elsie
Watty's
white
oak
baskets
are
seen
at
right
.
Elsie
Welch
Watty
(b
.
1935)
was a
master
Cherokee
basket
weaver
who
specialized
in
making
white
oak
baskets
and was
known
for
creating
her
own
designs
. She was
born
in
1935
and
lived
and
worked
on the
Galamore
Branch
in the
Big
Cove
community
near
Cherokee
.
Although
her
mother
and
grandmother
each
wove
baskets
,
neither
of them
taught
her the
craft
.
Instead
, she
learned
by
observation
and
began
to
make
baskets
when
she was
ten
years
old
. In
1977
her
work
was
exhibited
at the
Qualla
Arts
and
Crafts
Mutual
artisan
cooperative
.
While
she was an
active
basket
weaver
, she
is
said
to have
made
100
baskets
a
year
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category
basketry
Time Period
1960s
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Photograph
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_Watty_Elsie_07
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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