Hunter Library Digital Collections home : browse the collection : advanced search : preferences : my favorites : about : HELP  login   Hunter Library Digital Collections
	Search results for Nancy Conseen    Refine your search Subject - Craft Cherokee Baskets -- Ap... (3) Basketwork -- Appalach... (2) Cherokee Art -- Appala... (1) Basket Making -- Appal... (1) Creator Conseen, Nancy, 1929... (2) Southern Highland Hand... (1) Date Created Unknown (2) 1980/1989 (1) results 1-3 of 3 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject - Craft: Format: Description: 1. [Basket: honeysuckle, lidded] Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; craft object; This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic items; some are called button baskets. The walnut-dyed honeysuckle is brown; the fainter orange is from bloodroot. Both plants, used by Cherokee basket weavers to make dye, are native to the region. Nancy Conseen (1929-1997) was born in Cherokee, North Carolina on the eve of the Great Depression. When she was just six years old, she learned to weave white oak and honeysuckle baskets from her mother, Caroline Conseen. In school she learned to make rivercane baskets from Lottie Stamper. In 1981 Conseen was selected North Carolina Craftswoman of the Year in 1981. Her work twice appeared at the White House. 2. [Basket: honeysuckle, handled] Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; craft object; This undated basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Nancy Conseen. The storage basket is honeysuckle woven over white oak ribs. The woven lid, with wrapped handle, fits over the base. Small baskets such as these were used to store domestic items; some are called button baskets. The walnut-dyed honeysuckle is brown; the fainter orange is from bloodroot. Both plants, used by Cherokee basket weavers to make dye, are native to the region. Nancy Conseen (1929-1997) was born in Cherokee, North Carolina on the eve of the Great Depression. When she was just six years old, she learned to weave white oak and honeysuckle baskets from her mother, Caroline Conseen. In school she learned to make rivercane baskets from Lottie Stamper. In 1981 Conseen was selected North Carolina Craftswoman of the Year in 1981. Her work twice appeared at the White House. 3. [Member file: Nancy Conseen, Cherokee basket maker] Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern; unpublished document These documents pertain to the life and work of Cherokee basket maker, Nancy Conseen (1929-1997). Included are a biographical profile written around 1983 and an overview of Conseen's basketry, probably written to accompany and exhibition of Conseen's work in the 1980s. Conseen started making and selling baskets to augment her family's income during the Great Depression. She learned basketmaking from her parents and from Lottie Queen Stamper, another Cherokee basket maker. Conseen is most known for her basket made with honeysuckle vines and white oak splints. She used natural materials to create the dyes used to stain the baskets. select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-3 of 3 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
	powered by CONTENTdm ® | Hunter Library | contact us  ^ to top ^