Pottery: vase

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Title

Pottery: vase

Subject

Cherokee pottery
Handicraft
Pottery

Description

This undated pottery vase was made by Cherokee potter Elizabeth Bigmeat Jackson (1919-2008). This bulbous vase was built using the using the coil method. The earthenware clay was burnished to a light sheen before the designs were incised into the surface of the clay. The central motif is a head with full feather headdress. The overall design is sometimes called a Bark pattern.

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

16293
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16293

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

4.5" x 5.5" x 5.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Jackson, Elizabeth Bigmeat, 1919-2008, “Pottery: vase,” OAI, accessed May 11, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16293.