Cora Wahnetah and Mack Ross

Cora Wahnetah and Mack Ross

Artisans

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Potters

This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows Cora Wahnetah with McKinley "Mack" Ross (1899-1990). Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was a renowned Cherokee potter who learned to make pottery in the traditional way from her mother, Ella Arch. Typically, she used the coil method to form her pots and paddle stamped them to add a surface design. She was active in cultural preservation, working with the Oconaluftee Indian Village to create authentic pottery demonstrations and joining Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative as a charter member in the 1940s. Qualla Arts and Crafts, the United States Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and the North Carolina Arts Council presented a show of Wahnetah's work in 1971. Her name is sometimes spelled Wahyahneetah.

Unknown

Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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StillImage

10993

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2010-06-03

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions