Basketry by Agnes L. Welch

Basketry by Agnes L. Welch

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Handicraft

This photograph documents an exhibition of baskets by Agnes Welch. Agnes Lossie Welch (1925-1997) was known for making white oak baskets. Unlike most Cherokee basket weavers, she did not learn this craft through her family. Instead, Welch learned to make baskets in school, from Lottie Queen Stamper (1907-1987). Stamper taught Welch to weave traditional rivercane baskets; later, Welch learned to make white oak baskets from her mother-in-law. White oak basketry became Agnes Welch's specialty. She is also known for her creative use of natural dyes to make distinctive basket patterns. This photograph was taken by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in the fall of 1972.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Welch, Agnes Lossie, 1925-1997

Photograph Collection

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

1972

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Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival