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Title	[Basket: white oak, flower]
Creator	unknown Crowe, Lillian W.
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	Unknown
Dimensions	6.5" x 4.75"
Description	This black and white photograph is of a white oak flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lillian Crowe. Lillian Crowe was born in 1941 into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Minda Wolfe (Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe, 1897-1983). Her aunt, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. She and her four sisters made white oak and rib-constructed baskets. The ribbed white oak basket shown here was dyed with native plants achieve a natural coloration. The name of the photographer is unknown.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	basketry
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection	Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	QACM_Crowe_Lillian_01
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