In this early 1940s photograph, Lizzie Tooni is sitting on the porch watching her daughter, Mary Wolfe use a traditional mortar and pestle to grind corn. The mortar is made from a stump; the pestle is used upright to pound corn or chestnuts into a…
Lloyd Carl Owle (b. 1943) was born and raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary. As a child, he helped his father make bows and arrows. In high school, he studied woodcarving with Amanda Crowe and later turned to making sculpture that…
The Lossiah sisters were basket weavers and enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. They grew up in the Big Cove community of the Qualla Boundary, in western North Carolina. Pictured here are Maggie Lossiah and her sister Jane Lossiah…
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is really…
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this photograph, made for the Indian Arts and Craft Board, Stamper is shown making a rivercane basket in the double weave technique. A double weave basket is really…
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this undated photograph, Stamper is shown carving an interlock handle for a white oak basket. Born in the Soco community to Levi and Mary Queen, Lottie Queen first…
Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987) is one of Cherokee's best-known basket weavers. In this undated photograph, Stamper is shown carving an interlock handle for a white oak basket. In the background are several rivercane baskets in the double weave…
This photograph, taken by Vivienne Roberts, shows Lottie Stamper teaching a basketry class in 1950. In 1954 the Cherokee Training School was changed from a boarding institution to a day school, and students were bused to Cherokee High School. …
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…