This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George at the opening of the exhibition, "Basketry by Lucy George." The 1970 exhibition was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina. In…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George dipping a coil of honeysuckle vine into a dye bath. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born…
Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George beginning to weave a honeysuckle basket. She is surrounded by baskets that she made. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George beginning to weave a honeysuckle basket. George is laying out a white oak framework; she will weave the honeysuckle vine over that. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known…
This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows Lucy George removing a coil of honeysuckle vine from a dye bath. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born…
This undated photograph shows a Cherokee basket maker, Maggie Ben, making white oak splits to be used in a basket. White oak was known to make very sturdy baskets that were useful for gathering fruits and vegetables from the field or garden,…
Cherokee basket weaver Martha Ross is shown here holding a miniature white oak basket. Martha Lossiah Ross (b. 1931) was born and raised in Big Cove, a remote section of the Qualla Boundary near Cherokee, North Carolina. Her mother, Charlotte…
In this photograph, which is part of a series of four, Cherokee basket weaver Martha Ross demonstrates how to prepare white oak for making a basket. After cutting and curing, the oak tree is quartered before the maker begins the process of making…