Cherokee Pottery

by Fariello, M. Anna; Eastman, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781609490577
• ISBN10: 1609490576
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-06
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

The Intricate Designs and complex patterns of Cherokee pottery have been developed over centuries. Both timeless and time-honored, these singular works of pottery are still crafted by the proud hands of Cherokee women in Western North Carolina. Cherokee Pottery recounts the history of a tradition passed from elder to child though countless generations. Anna Fariello, associate professor at Western Carolina University, explores the method and meaning molded into each piece, along with the stories of the potters themselves. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Traditions of the Earth: Introduction	p. 13
Traditional Territory	p. 16
Life in Appalachia	p. 17
Appalachian Pottery of the Ancestors	p. 19
Qualla Pottery: Cherokee Traditions	p. 22
Living Off the Land	p. 27
Clay and Pottery	p. 28
A Century of Tears	p. 33
Ethnographic Inquiries	p. 35
Catawba Potters among the Cherokee	p. 37
A Shared Tradition	p. 43
Modes of Learning	p. 43
Product and Process	p. 50
Lillie Bryson	p. 52
Rebecca Youngbird	p. 55
Wedding Vase and Blackware	p. 56
Maude Welch	p. 59
Gallery of Cherokee Pottery	p. 64
A Pottery Legacy	p. 73
A ôVanishedö People	p. 74
The Katalsta Potters	p. 77
Digging Clay	p. 80
Shaping Clay	p. 83
A Potter's Tools	p. 85
Paddle Stamping and Incising	p. 87
Firing Pottery	p. 90
The ôLastö Cherokee Potter	p. 92
Pottery for the Public	p. 103
A National Pastime	p. 105
Culture on Parade	p. 108
A Craft Revival	p. 112
Indian Arts and Crafts Board	p. 116
An Arts and Crafts Cooperative	p. 121
Pottery in the Twentieth Century	p. 126
Charlotte Bigmeat	p. 127
Bigmeat Family	p. 128
Cora Wahnetah	p. 136
Edith Welch Bradley	p. 143
Amanda Swimmer	p. 145
A Twenty-First Century Guild	p. 150
Notes	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 161
About the Author	p. 167
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