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| Title | [Lottie Stamper] |
| Identifier | MCI_CH_267_A |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | unknown |
| Dimensions | 9.75" x 13.5" |
| Description | Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this undated photograph by an unknown photographer, Stamper is shown carving an interlock handle for a white oak basket. In the background is a young girl working on a basket. On the wall are sketches of various basket weaving patterns that Stamper used in the classroom. Born in the Soco community to Levi and Mary Queen, Lottie Queen first learned how to make white oak baskets from her mother. She married into a family that taught her how to make baskets from rivercane. In 1935, at the age of 28, she started making cane baskets. From 1937 until 1966, she taught basketry at the Cherokee school. Over her teaching career, she taught hundreds of girls to weave baskets. In 1952 she was awarded an honorary lifetime membership in the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. She was the first Native American to win this award. |
| Subject - Topic | Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft -- 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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| County | Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C.
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| Creator | unknown
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| Source Institution | Museum of the Cherokee
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| Collection | Photograph Collection |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. For use permission, contact the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org; |
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