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Elsie Watty Basketweaver

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Elsie Watty Basketweaver

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Elsie Watty Basketweaver

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Elsie Watty Basketweaver

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Elsie Watty Basketweaver

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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 Elsie Watty held in the summer of 1977. The exhibitions were 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. Elsie Watty’s patterned white oak checkerwork baskets were pictured in the brochure and shown in the exhibit. Elsie Welch Watty (1935-2016) was a master Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in making white oak baskets and was known for creating her own designs. She was born in 1935 and lived and worked on the Galamore Branch in the Big Cove community near Cherokee. Although her mother and grandmother each wove baskets, neither of them taught her the craft. Instead, she learned by observation and began to make baskets when she was ten years old. While she was an active basket weaver, she is said to have made 100 baskets a year.
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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 Elsie Watty held in the summer of 1977. The exhibitions were 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. Elsie Watty’s patterned white oak checkerwork baskets were pictured in the brochure and shown in the exhibit. Elsie Welch Watty (1935-2016) was a master Cherokee basket weaver who specialized in making white oak baskets and was known for creating her own designs. She was born in 1935 and lived and worked on the Galamore Branch in the Big Cove community near Cherokee. Although her mother and grandmother each wove baskets, neither of them taught her the craft. Instead, she learned by observation and began to make baskets when she was ten years old. While she was an active basket weaver, she is said to have made 100 baskets a year.

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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mountain craftsmen formed the cornerstone of a revived interest in things handmade to create a movement known as the Craft Revival. During the Revival...

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