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Basketry by Lucy George

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  • This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina. Eighteen honeysuckle baskets were included in the exhibition. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. Born and raised in the Birdtown community, her father was George Squirrel; her mother, Rebecca Taylor knew how to make baskets. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned the craft from Julia Taylor. She developed her own methods, using honeysuckle, a material considered to be of little value. As she mastered the technique and art of weaving baskets from honeysuckle, she also taught others and demonstrated her craft.
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  • This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the United States Department of Interior, to accompany a 1970 exhibition of “Basketry by Lucy George.” The exhibitions were held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina. Eighteen honeysuckle baskets were included in the exhibition. Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a well-known Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in honeysuckle basketry. Born and raised in the Birdtown community, her father was George Squirrel; her mother, Rebecca Taylor knew how to make baskets. In a departure from traditional Cherokee ways of learning, Lucy George did not learn basket making from mother. In the 1930s, as a grown woman, she learned the craft from Julia Taylor. She developed her own methods, using honeysuckle, a material considered to be of little value. As she mastered the technique and art of weaving baskets from honeysuckle, she also taught others and demonstrated her craft.

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Cherokee Traditions

Cherokee Traditions: From the Hands of Our Elders is a database of Cherokee art forms, historic photographs, and native language recordings. The images reproduced here are primarily from t...

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