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LOGGER'S SHEET 

LOGGER: Mary Felegy
3:45-4:5
REEL NUMBER: 3B
STAGE: Cult.Cons.Narr.
DATE: 7/3/86
PRESENTOR: Rayna Green
GROUP NAME: Cherokee Basketry
REGION/STYLE: Cherokee, NC

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- | 
| Emma S. Taylor (Basketmaker, Cherokee, NC) |   |
| Louise Goings (Basketmaker, Cherokee, NC) |   |

CONTENTS

1. Intro to C.C. Area; intro to Cherokee [[strikethrough]] basket[[/strikethrough]] basketry 
2. Used to trade baskets for food; then in '43, tourist craft sales began; didn't get as much for them as they do now.
3. Emma has taught basketry to kids in schools outside the reservation
4. Rivercane baskets: not as common as white oak. Emma had a hard time finding someone who could teach her.
5. Double weave - Emma does this, it is very difficult. Why? "It takes a lot of brains"...counting, many different canes (100), etc.
6. Things to consider, quality of split, so it isn't fuzzy, makes a good shape.
7. They use natural dyes on splits.
8. -
9. Louise began when she was 7 or 8
10. importance of craft income (Louise)
11. Rayna: cultural conservation & Cherokee crafts co-op
12. Louise: cultural heritage day; teaching younger kids the traditional crafts
13. Emma: just the ♀ make baskets usually
14. Louise: several older men do it, too