Basket weaver

Basket weaver

Artisans

Basket making

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Handicraft

This undated postcard shows a photograph of a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket. The back of the postcard reads, "The Cherokee Indian Reservation is adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. During the Annual Indian Fair ceremonial dances, pageants, Indian ball games, archery and blow gun contests are featured. On display are baskets, archery sets, and pottery and many handicrafts made by the Indians." Such postcards were a common way to promote tourism in the Cherokee area, especially for large events like the Cherokee Indian Fair where Cherokee artisans could display and sell their work while competing in a large number of Arts and Craft categories. The postcard was produced by E.E. Exline of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Exline, E. E.

Photograph Collection

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

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postcards

StillImage

16207

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16207

2009-02-10

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.5" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival