Eva Wolfe

Eva Wolfe

Artisans

Basket makers

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Manners and customs

This undated photograph was taken of Eva Wolfe signing an exhibit brochure, probably at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina. Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) was a master basket weaver who specialized in making baskets made from rivercane. She was born and raised in the Soco Community of the Qualla Boundary and studied basket weaving in high school under her aunt, Lottie Queen Stamper. Over the course of her lifetime, Wolfe won many local and national awards in recognition of her work. These included numerous prizes in competitions at the annual fairs held on the Qualla Boundary as well as awards from the North Carolina Folklore Society, National Endowment for the Arts, and the United States Department of the Interior. Qualla Arts and Crafts sponsored two exhibitions of Wolfe's work, one in 1969 and another in 1978.

Unknown

Membership Records

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

1960/1980

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2010-09-17

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions