Geraldine Walkingstick: Cherokee Basket Maker

Geraldine Walkingstick: Cherokee Basket Maker

Basket making

Cherokee art

Cherokee artists -- North Carolina

Cherokee baskets

Indigenous American basket makers

Indigenous American women artists

Indigenous American women basket makers

Manners and customs

Walkingstick, Geraldine, 1939-2017

Cherokee basket weaver, smiles as she reminisces about her first basket, lopsided as it was. Through trial and error she’s learned that she has to like her work for others to enjoy it, continually working towards mastery of her craft. The transcript provided is an unedited version of the video.

Western Carolina University. Mountain Heritage Center

Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Collection

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

2011; 2010-02-05

Brewin, David

Carroll, Tonya

Evans, Ashley T.

Walkingstick, Geraldine, 1939-

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

mp4; pdf;

video recordings (physical artifacts)

interviews

eng

MovingImage

Text

11657

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/11657

2015-07-16

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Qualla Boundary

North Carolina, Western

North Carolina

00:04:03 (video recording)(dimension)

18 pages (transcript)(pages)

Cherokee Traditions