Oral history interview with Lorene Drywater

Title

Oral history interview with Lorene Drywater

Narrator

Drywater, Lorene

Description

Lorene Drywater has been making buffalo grass dolls for many years. She talks about her childhood and learning to make these dolls. She describes the materials needed and some of the techniques she uses. She mentions why she first starting making them and discusses some of the experiences she has had because of this art. She also comments on how her daughter will continue to make the dolls after she can no longer make them herself.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Buffalo grass dolls; Cherokee heritage; Creative process

Subject

Indians of North America; Artists; Interviews; Indian dolls; Indians of North America--Material culture; Dollmaking

Spatial

Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Vian, Oklahoma; Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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