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Title
[Lottie
Stamper]
Creator
unknown
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
9.75" x 13.5"
Description
Lottie
Queen
Stamper
(1907-1987)
is
one
of
Cherokee's
best-known
basket
weavers
. In this
undated
photograph
by an
unknown
photographer
,
Stamper
is
shown
carving
an
interlock
handle
for a
white
oak
basket
. In the
background
is
a
young
girl
working
on a
basket
. On the
wall
are
sketches
of
various
basket
weaving
patterns
that
Stamper
used
in the
classroom
.
Born
in the
Soco
community
to
Levi
and
Mary
Queen
,
Lottie
Queen
first
learned
how to
make
white
oak
baskets
from her
mother
. She
married
into a
family
that
taught
her how to
make
baskets
from
rivercane
. In
1935
, at the
age
of
28
, she
started
making
cane
baskets
. From
1937
until
1966
, she
taught
basketry
at the
Cherokee
school
.
Over
her
teaching
career
, she
taught
hundreds
of
girls
to
weave
baskets
. In
1952
she was
awarded
an
honorary
lifetime
membership
in the
Southern
Highland
Handicraft
Guild
. She was the
first
Native
American
to
win
this
award
.
Subject - Topic
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Museum of the Cherokee
Collection
Photograph
Collection
Inventory Number
MCI_CH_267_A
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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