Basket: white oak, burden

Description

This rivercane burden basket was made in 1982 by Cherokee basket weaver Agnes Welch and photographed at a later date by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior. The basket was dyed using blood root and walnut root. Although she was skilled in the art of rivercane basketry, 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 her specialty. Burden baskets, like these, were carried on the back. They were often supported by a trumpline that was tied around the wearer's shoulders or on the forehead and were usually made of white oak.
Details
- Creator
  - United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
  - Welch, Agnes Lossie, 1925-1997
- Format
  - Photographs
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2009-01-06
- Extent
  - Dimension: 10" x 8"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Qualla Boundary
  - Appalachian Region, Southern
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Photograph Collection
- Identifier
  - QACM_Welch_Agnes_02
- Repository
  - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual

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