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| Title | [Rowena Bradley] |
| Identifier | QACM_Bradley_Rowena_10 |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | unknown |
| Dimensions | 8" x 10" |
| Description | Cherokee craftworker Rowena Bradley is shown in this undated photograph, weaving a rivercane basket held in her lap. To keep the cane pliable, she soaks it in a bucket of water. Two unfinished baskets sit beside her. The basket pattern at left is Cross on a Hill; at right is Peace Pipe. Rowena Bradley (1922-2003) was the third generation of known basket makers in her family. Both her grandmother, Mary Dobson (b. circa 1857) and her mother, Nancy George Bradley (1881-1963) were accomplished basket weavers. Basket making was a family tradition; her father, Henry Bradley gathered rivercane and dug roots for dye materials. The name of the photographer is unknown. |
| Subject - Topic | Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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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| County | Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.
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| Creator | unknown
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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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