Pottery: vase

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Title

Pottery: vase

Subject

Cherokee pottery
Handicraft
Pottery

Description

This pottery vase was made in 1992 by Jill Swimmer, granddaughter of Cherokee potter Amanda Swimmer. At the time she made this vase, Jill Swimmer was just six years old. A double-spouted vase is known as a Cherokee wedding vase. The earthenware clay was shaped using the coil method, and was burnished, before before insicing the pattern into the clay. The design on the face of the pot is a sunburst.

Creator

Swimmer, Jill

Source

Artifact Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1992-06-11

Rights

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

Format

jpg
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

16295
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16295

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

5.75" x 3.75" x 3.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Swimmer, Jill, “Pottery: vase,” OAI, accessed May 7, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16295.