Pottery: oil lamp
Dublin Core
Title
Pottery: oil lamp
Subject
Cherokee pottery
Handicraft
Pottery
Description
This pottery oil lamp was made by Cherokee potter Elizabeth Bigmeat Jackson (1919-2008). A shallow stable bowl form was used to burn oil to create light. The handle of this particular oil lamp has been shaped into the form of a bird. A pot with a totemic figure, such as this one, is also called an effigy pot. To make this piece, earthenware clay was shaped using the coil method, and was burnished, before carving and incising the details of the bird’s head into the clay
Creator
Jackson, Elizabeth Bigmeat, 1919-2008
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
16288
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16288
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
6.25" x 10" x 6.5"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Jackson, Elizabeth Bigmeat, 1919-2008, “Pottery: oil lamp,” OAI, accessed May 13, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16288.