Pottery: bowl, chicken

Pottery: bowl, chicken

Cherokee pottery

Handicraft

Pottery

This Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph depicts a modeled earthenware pottery bowl that is an effigy made in the form of a chicken. The coiled pot with incised designs was made by Cora Wahnetah, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. This pot appeared on the cover of a 1971 exhibition brochure of Wahnetah’s work. Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986), also known as Cora Wahyahneetah, learned the craft of pottery from her mother in the traditional Cherokee way. 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.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

Wahnetah, Cora Arch, 1907-1986

Photograph Collection

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

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StillImage

16280

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2009-10-14

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival