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Baskets of the Woods

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  • This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany an exhibition of baskets by Carol Welch held in the fall of 1977. The exhibition was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina and was supported by a grant from the American Indian Program of the Save the Children Federation. Twenty-five white oak and rivercane baskets were included. Carol Smith Welch (b. 1940) was the daughter of Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007), an accomplished Cherokee basket weaver. Her aunt, Eva Bradley, was also a basket weaver. Welch learned to weave white oak baskets by watching her mother and later learned to weave rivercane and honeysuckle baskets from Lottie Stamper in school basketry classes. While at school, she also learned the double weave method of making rivercane baskets and, later, became Lottie Stamper’s assistant. Her husband, Davis Welch, was a mask maker.
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

  • This four-page brochure was created by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, a division of the U.S. Department of Interior, to accompany an exhibition of baskets by Carol Welch held in the fall of 1977. The exhibition was held at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, an artisan cooperative in Cherokee, North Carolina and was supported by a grant from the American Indian Program of the Save the Children Federation. Twenty-five white oak and rivercane baskets were included. Carol Smith Welch (b. 1940) was the daughter of Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007), an accomplished Cherokee basket weaver. Her aunt, Eva Bradley, was also a basket weaver. Welch learned to weave white oak baskets by watching her mother and later learned to weave rivercane and honeysuckle baskets from Lottie Stamper in school basketry classes. While at school, she also learned the double weave method of making rivercane baskets and, later, became Lottie Stamper’s assistant. Her husband, Davis Welch, was a mask maker.

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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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