Basket: white oak, canoe

Basket: white oak, canoe

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

This undated photograph, taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is of a white oak ribbed basket made by Julia Taylor in 1970. This type of basket is known as a "canoe basket" for its shape. Woven in white oak, the basket is 16" long and was dyed with walnut root and blood root. A member of the Birdtown Community of the Qualla Indian Boundary, Julia Ned Taylor (1902-1991) was known for making ribbed white oak baskets. For many years, Taylor and two of her daughters, Rachel and Dolly, made baskets as a team. Her other daughters, Pauline and Sally, made baskets as well. In 1970 the Indian Arts and Crafts Board organized a solo show of Julia Taylor's work at the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative; a 1978 exhibit featured baskets made by the Taylor family.

Taylor, Julia Ned, 1902-1991

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Photograph Collection

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

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Craft Revival