Lucy George

Lucy George

Basket makers

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Handicraft

Manners and customs

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 Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. She was born Lucy Nola and grew up in the Birdtown community, her father was George Squirrel. Her mother, Rebecca Taylor knew how to make baskets. 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 the craft from Julia Taylor. She developed her own methods, using honeysuckle, a material considered to be of little value. As she mastered the technique and art of weaving baskets from honeysuckle, she also taught others and demonstrated her craft. The photograph is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

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2009-07-01

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Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions