Susannah Harris Owl

Susannah Harris Owl

Handicraft

Pottery

Pottery craft

Susannah Harris was born in 1847 on Catawba land along the banks of the Catawba River in what is now York, ten miles south of Rock Hill, South Carolina, near Charlotte. After the Civil War, she met Sampson Owl, a Cherokee man who was visiting her people. She and Sampson married in 1875, and in 1882, the couple moved to Cherokee. There, Susannah Harris Owl (1847–1934) made pottery and taught her two daughters, Camie and Ida. She may have also influenced Ella Arch, who was the mother of potter Cora Wahnetah.

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Blumer Collection

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

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16712

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Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Craft Revival