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Katrina Maney |
| Katrina Maney, basketweaver, was born in Swain
County and raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary.
The following biography from The Cherokee Artist Directory, 2001, Cherokee, North Carolina by Barbara Duncan, Freeman Owle, Amy Davis and Tess Thraves, published by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council and the Cultural Resources Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is used with permission from the editors. |
| "Katrina Maney weaves white oak baskets dyed with
bloodroot and walnut. She has made baskets in many forms, such as
plant holders, fishing creels, purses, wastebaskets, fruit baskets, and
wall baskets. She gives demonstration and teaches classes in
basketry. Born in Swain County and raised in the Birdtown community on the Qualla Boundary, Katrina Maney began weaving baskets when she was fourteen years old, learning from her mother, the well-known basketmaker Emma Taylor. After graduating from Cherokee High School, she demonstrated basket weaving at the Oconoluftee Indian Village for seven years. She married and had thee children, and then started making baskets again. Although she makes a variety of basket forms, she continues to use her mother's patterns in her baskets. Katrina Maney demonstrates at the Oconoluftee Indian Village from May through October every year and has demonstrated basketry at elementary schools in North Carolina and Tennessee. She sells her baskets through Qualla Arts and Crafts. Katrina has also created a white oak basketmaking kit for beginners. Her fee for demonstrations is $100 per day, and she is willing to travel if expenses are reimbursed." Katrina Maney |
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