This photograph shows Amanda Crowe carving on a large sculpture. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Amanda Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her expressive bears. Her animal figures are…
This photograph shows a very young Amanda Crowe, perhaps taken while she was still a student. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Amanda Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her expressive…
This photograph and caption of Amanda Crowe appeared in The State in 1970, giving notice of her exhibition at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Amanda Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures;…
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows Cherokee woodcarver Adam Welch (1925-1985). Welch was born in the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Boundary. It was not until he retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he discovered his…
This undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreated 1750s Cherokee village. At right, Guy Littlejohn holds a broadaxe, commonly used to remove the bark of trees and roughly shape wood. …
This undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreation of a 1750s Cherokee village. From left to right, the artisans are: Richard Crowe, Molly Sequoyah, Mary Shelly, an unidentified woman…
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…
This photograph, probably taken in the 1890s or early 1900s, shows Arizona Swayney, a Cherokee student at Hampton Institute, making a basket. To the right of the photograph are several finished rivercane baskets. Swayney attended Hampton Normal and…
This 1938 photograph shows a Cherokee, North Carolina craft shop that features a large selection of Cherokee baskets. The baskets, including rivercane and white oak, have been made in a wide assortment of styles, sizes, and patterns. The large…
This photograph from the Smithsonian National Anthropological Archives is of Will West Long (1870-1947). The photograph was taken by Franz M. Olbrechts, an ethnographer who worked among the Cherokee from 1926 until 1931. Long served as Olbrechts'…