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Title
[Arizona
Swayney
Blankenship]
Creator
unknown
Contributor
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
1890/1910
Dimensions
7" x 5"
Description
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
and
Agricultural
Institute
in
Virginia
, a
school
founded
in
1868
to
educate
African
American
freedmen
. In
1877
, the
school
began
a
program
for
American
Indians
, and
over
1,300
Indian
students
from
65
tribes
attended
in the
following
50
years
.
Arizona
Swayney
(Blankenship)
attended
Hampton
Institute
from
1896
until
1903
. She
returned
as a
faculty
member
from
1904
to
1906
to
teach
basketry
,
pottery
, and
lacemaking
. The
name
of the
photographer
is
unknown
.
Subject - Topic
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Hampton Institute -- Students
Craft Category
basketry
Time Period
1890s
1900s (Decade)
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Museum of the Cherokee
Collection
Archive
Inventory Number
MCI_CH_89_04_49
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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