Cora Wahnetah

Cora Wahnetah

Artisans

Cherokee pottery

Cherokee women

Handicraft

Manners and customs

Potters

This photograph was taken by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. It shows Cora Wahnetah decorating a hand built pot with a carved paddle. 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 U.S. Indian Arts and Crafts Board, and the NC Arts Council, presented a show of Wahnetah's work in 1971. Her name is sometimes spelled Wahyahneetah.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Membership Records

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

1940/1970

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2010-09-17

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions