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Title	[Amanda Smoker]
Creator	unknown
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1986
Dimensions	7" x 5"
Description	In this 1986 photograph, Cherokee basket weaver Amanda Elaine Smoker (1916-2010) uses a pocketknife to trim a white oak split. This photograph is from a series that documents white oak basket weaving by Smoker, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Smoker lived all of her life in Snowbird, a Cherokee community located 50 miles west of the Qualla Boundary, in Graham County, North Carolina. Learning to make baskets from her mother, she made white oak baskets and dyed with natural dyes. She produced baskets until the 1980s, when her health prevented her from weaving. She attended local schools and was an avid reader. She was photographed here as part of the Fading Voices, a project that included oral histories and photographs.
Subject - Topic	Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	basketry
Time Period	1980s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Museum of the Cherokee
Collection	Archive Collection
Inventory Number	MCI_MSS_87_1647_05
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