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Cherokee crafts display

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  • This photograph taken by Edward L. DuPuy, Jr. shows a group of Cherokee rivercane doubleweave baskets arranged on a handwoven blanket. Writing on the verso reads: "Taken 1952. Double weave baskets of river cane, drapery showing Road to Soco design. Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual." The basket below #6 was cropped from the photo to be used in Southern Highland Handicraft Guild publicity. DuPuy was a photographer and woodworker who lived and worked near Asheville, North Carolina.