Pottery: plate

Pottery: plate

This undated pottery plate was made by Cherokee potter Gwen Conseen. Its rounded form was built using the coil method, raising the sides slightly to form a shallow depression. Its outer edge is fluted. The earthenware was burnished to a light sheen before the designs were incised into the surface of the clay. A vignette carved into the interior of the plate depicts an eagle and a child. The eye of the eagle was made by pressing a red glass bead into the clay.

Conseen, Gwen

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

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crafts (art genres)

16301

2009-10-07

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8.25" x 8.25" x 1.0"(dimension)

Craft Revival