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Title	[William Lossiah]
Creator	unknown
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	Unknown
Dimensions	10" x 8"
Description	Born and raised in the Swimmer Branch section of the Qualla Boundary, William Lossiah (b. 1937) is a craftsman of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His mother, Betty Lossiah was a basket weaver; his father a medicine man. As a child, he avoided school and considered his father to be his teacher and inspiration. As an adult, he demonstrated arrowhead making and the use of blowguns and darts at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, where he worked for twelve seasons. He left there to open a craft business with his wife, Martha, a basket weaver. In 1981 the Lossiahs were honored with an exhibition of their work at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative.
Subject - Topic	Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	woodwork
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Inventory Number	QACM_Lossiah_William_02
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