This grouping of white oak baskets was made by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch. Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not learn this craft through her family. …
The highly decorated white oak basket in this undated photograph was made by Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002), a master Cherokee basket weaver from the Birdtown community of Cherokee, North Carolina. Taylor specialized in weaving white oak baskets. …
These three decorated white oak baskets were made by Emma Squirrel Taylor (1920-2002), a master Cherokee basket weaver. Taylor was from the Birdtown community of Cherokee, North Carolina and specialized in white oak baskets. This trio of baskets…
This rivercane burden basket was made in 1982 by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch and photographed at a later date by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior. The basket was dyed using blood root…
This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor in 1970. This type of basket is known as a "canoe basket" for its shape. Woven in white oak, the basket is 16" long and was…
This white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Dolly Taylor. It is made in the shape of a baby’s cradle, but its small size indicates that it is most likely a child’s toy. Taylor’s basket is dyed with walnut and bloodroot to achieve the…
This undated fishing basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Katie Jane Queen. The small upright basket is made with white oak splits. Woven upward from a rectangular base, the basket necks in before flaring outward to an oval rim. The oak…
This black and white photograph is of a white oak flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Lillian Crowe. Lillian Crowe was born in 1941 into a family of basket weavers. Her mother was Minda Wolfe (Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe, 1897-1983). Her…
This undated white oak flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007). Open baskets such as this one were used decoratively, to display flowers or hold fruit.
This undated flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Evelyn Calhoun. Open baskets such as this one were used decoratively, to display flowers or hold fruit. The shallow basket body is dyed with walnut and yellowroot, to produce radiating…