Maude Welch

Maude Welch

Artisans

Cherokee women

Manners and customs

Potters

This is a photograph by Vivienne Roberts of Maude French Welch (1894-1953), a Cherokee potter who was born near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. Mrs. Welch's pottery was formed and carved completely by hand from local clay, dried in the sun or her cooking oven, dropped in a firebox to change their color, and polished by hand. Welch was the aunt of another prominent Cherokee potter, Louise Bigmeat Maney. A small rivercane basket, woven in the Cherokee style, hangs on the wall above her chair. The basket is woven in a pattern known as Noonday Sun. In this World War II-era photograph, a picture of Welch's son, Master Sergeant Elliott Welch, hangs on the wall.

Roberts, Vivienne

Photograph Collection

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

1948

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11025

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2008-11-04

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8.25" x 9.75"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions