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| Title | [Elsie Watty] |
| Identifier | QACM_Watty_Elsie_09 |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | unknown |
| Dimensions | 10" x 8" |
| Description | In this undated photograph by an unknown photographer, basket weaver Elsie Watty poses with the tools needed to gather white oak, the raw material for her work. Elsie Welch Watty (b. 1935) was a master Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in making white oak baskets and was known for creating her own designs. She was born in 1935 and lived and worked on the Galamore Branch in the Big Cove community near Cherokee. Although her mother and grandmother each wove baskets, neither of them taught her the craft. Instead, she learned by observation and began to make baskets when she was ten years old. In 1977 her work was exhibited at the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative. While she was an active basket weaver, she is said to have made 100 baskets a year. |
| 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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