This undated white oak wall basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver, Pauline Taylor Junaluska. The white oak was dyed with yellowroot and walnut to achieve its contrasting colors. The basket is of ribbed construstion and is held on the wall by a…
This undated white oak basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Emma Taylor. With a handle and flat back, the basket is meant to hang on a wall and used to store small items. Taylor’s basket is dyed with walnut and bloodroot to achieve the brown…
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 basket is known as a wall basket; flat on one side, it hangs against a wall. Woven in white oak, the basket…
This unusual white oak basket was made by Sally Crowe Teesatuskie. The basket has three small tiers and hangs on a wall. It appears to have been dyed with butternut. The basket's date is unknown.
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer includes a series of white oak ribbed baskets made by Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991). Included in the shot is a single wall basket and a two- and three-tiered version. A member of the Birdtown…
This diagram of a whittling is an illustration by Allison Bruce Wieboldt. The diagram was originally published in "From Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket" by Rachel Nash Law and Cynthia W. Taylor, published by the University…
This bowl shaped basket was created by an unknown basket maker in the early 1900s. It was collected by Frances Goodrich as an example of Appalachian willow work.
This photograph documents an exhibition of baskets by 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. Instead, Welch learned…
This four-page brochure was made to accompany a 1973 exhibition of basketry by Helen Smith. In an unbroken chain of tradition, Smith’s baskets are positioned between those of her mother, Eva Calhoun Bradley, and those made by her daughter, Carol…
This undated photograph is of a display of Cherokee baskets made by the Minda Wolfe family. Minda Hill Sequoyah Wolfe (1897-1983) was part of an active basket weaving family. Her sister, Alice Sequoyah Walkingstick demonstrated basketry at the…