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Title
[Nancy
Conseen]
Creator
unknown
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
1977-06-07
Dimensions
10" x 8"
Description
Nancy
Conseen
(1929-1997)
was
born
in
Cherokee
,
North
Carolina
on the
eve
of the
Great
Depression
.
When
she was
just
six
years
old
, she
learned
to
weave
white
oak
and
honeysuckle
baskets
from her
mother
,
Caroline
Conseen
. In
school
she
learned
to
make
rivercane
baskets
from
Lottie
Stamper
. In this
photograph
,
Conseen
is
weaving
a
basket
for
Joan
Mondale
(standing
,
center)
,
wife
of
Vice
President
Mondale
. The
photograph
was
made
on
June
7
,
1977
when
Mrs
.
Mondale
attended
the
ground
breaking
of the
Folk
Art
Center
on the
Blue
Ridge
Parkway
near
Asheville
,
NC
.
Mondale
was
accompanied
by the
wife
of the
U.S
.
Senator
from
North
Carolina
,
Robert
B
.
Morgan
, and
Mrs
.
Lana
Gudger
,
wife
of
Vonno
Lamar
Gudger
a
U.S
.
Congressman
from
North
Carolina's
11th
District
.
Looking
on are
Cherokee
craft
advocates
Molly
Blankenship
(far
right)
and
Betty
DuPree
(second
from
right)
. The
photographer's
name
is
unknown
.
Subject - Topic
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category
basketry
Time Period
1970s
Location
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Photograph
collection
Inventory Number
QACM_Conseen_Nancy_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
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