This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Rowena Bradley preparing to work on a rivercane basket. On the ground beside her is a pile of rivercane, already cut and split. Born in the Swimmer Branch Community of the Qualla Boundary,…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Cherokee carver Virgil Ledford (b. 1940), who was born in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Ledford began carving as a child while still in elementary school; his grandfather…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Cherokee woodcarver Virgil Ledford (b. 1940) carving a figure of a cat or raccoon. Ledford was born and raised in the Birdtown community near Cherokee and had a talent for drawing as a young…
This photograph was taken by the United States Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. A caption that accompanied the photograph reads, ""Allen Long, Eastern Cherokee mask-maker, from the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Indian…
This photograph was taken by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. It shows Cora Wahnetah decorating a hand built pot with a carved paddle. Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was a renowned Cherokee potter who learned to…
Irma and James “Red” Bradley are members of the Soco community and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Both are carvers, with James using a bandsaw to cut out a piece of wood and Irma finishing off the pieces with fine sandpaper. Their work was…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany a 1974 exhibition of "Rivercane Basketry by Rowena Bradley." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1975 exhibition of "Basketry by Emma Taylor." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual,…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual,…
This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1972 exhibition of "Basketry by Agnes L. Welch." The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts…