Oconaluftee Indian Village: Jim Conseen

Oconaluftee Indian Village: Jim Conseen

Artisans

Cherokee Indians

Communities

Handicraft

Indigenous American wood-carving

Manners and customs

Wood-carvers

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This photograph shows a Cherokee woodworker, Jim Conseen demonstrating at the Oconaluftee Indian Village. Located on the Qualla Boundary, lands belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the village features recreated Cherokee dwellings and the demonstration of traditional Cherokee skills by Cherokee craftspeople that were in place in 1750. In this demonstration, Conseen works on a wood spoon. On the table before him are several finished spoons. Other craft demonstrations at the village include beadwork, woodworking, pottery making, fingerweaving, making and using blowguns and animal traps, and making dugout canoes. The photograph's date and the name of the photographer are unknown.

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

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11043

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2009-01-27

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions