Basketry by Lucy George

Basketry by Lucy George

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Manners and customs

This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina. Eighteen honeysuckle baskets were included in the exhibition. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. Born and raised 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.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Archive Collection

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

1970

Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc.

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

4 pages(pages)

8.75" x 8.5"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions