Pottery: vase

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Title

Pottery: vase

Subject

Cherokee pottery
Handicraft
Pottery

Description

This undated pottery vase was made by Cherokee potter Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986), whose is also known as Cora Wahyahneetah. A double-spouted vase, like this one, is known as a Cherokee wedding vase. The white earthenware clay was shaped using the coil method, and was burnished, before before insicing the pattern into the clay.

Creator

Wahnetah, Cora Arch, 1907-1986

Source

Artifact Collection

Publisher

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

Date

unknown

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

16286
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16286

Date Created

2009-10-07

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, NC 28719;

Spatial Coverage

Qualla Boundary
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

8.0" x 4.5" x 4.0"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Wahnetah, Cora Arch, 1907-1986, “Pottery: vase,” OAI, accessed May 10, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16286.