Lizzie Tooni
Title |
Lizzie Tooni |
Creator |
unknown |
Contributors |
National Anthropological Archives |
Medium of Original |
photographs |
Date of Original |
1940/1945 |
Dimensions |
10" x 8" |
Description |
In this early 1940s photograph, Lizzie Tooni is sitting on the porch watching her daughter, Mary Wolfe use a traditional mortar and pestle to grind corn. The mortar is made from a stump; the pestle is used upright to pound corn or chestnuts into a fine powder. The two children with the women are Mary Wolfe's children, Bill and Frances. The photograph was taken in Big Cove community on the Qualla Boundary. The photograph is from the National Anthropological Archives of the Smithsonian, but the photographer is unknown. |
Subject |
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern Mortars -- Appalachian Region, Southern Pestles -- Appalachian Region, Southern |
Local Subject |
important people traditions |
Time Period |
1940s |
Location |
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.) |
Source Institution |
Museum of the Cherokee |
Collection |
Photograph Collection |
Inventory Number |
MCI_CH_046 |
Copyright Information |
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719 |
Digital Publisher |
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 |
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