Martha Ross

Martha Ross

Artisans

Basket makers

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Handicraft

Manners and customs

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 Lottie Welch Lossiah made and sold baskets. Ross specialized in white oak baskets and joined the Qualla Arts and Crafts cooperative in 1956. In 1975, she began working there and remained for 23 years. The photographer's name is unknown.

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

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2008-11-25

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions