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| Title | [Emma Taylor] |
| Identifier | QACM_Taylor_Emma_02 |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | 1975-05 |
| Dimensions | 10" x 8" |
| Description | Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002) was a master Cherokee basket weaver whose specialty was white oak baskets. After learning how to make a basket in 1927, she produced them for more than half a century. Her work earned her recognition well beyond the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina. An article about her appeared in "the New York Times" and she traveled to Japan to demonstrate Cherokee basket weaving to the World Craft Council. This 1975 photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, shows Taylor removing the bark from a walnut tree. Walnut bark was used to make a brown dye that Taylor used to color her white oak baskets. |
| Subject - Topic | Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Craft Category | basketry
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| Decade | 1970s
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| County | Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.
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| Creator | United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
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| Source Institution | Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
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| Collection | Photograph Collection |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, North Carolina.; |
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