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Title	[Pottery: bowl with handles]
Creator	Welch, Maude, b. 1894
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	1930/1949
Dimensions	2.5" x 9"
Description	This pottery bowl was made by Maude Welch probably in the 1930s or 1940s. It features two handles shaped like heads. The signature on bottom reads "Made By Maude Welch Cherokee, N.C." scratched into clay and "275" "LSS" written in pencil. This bowl has many small cracks. Welch was born in 1894 near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Cherokee Reservation, also known as Qualla Boundary. Welch's pottery was handbuilt and carved from local clay, dried without a kiln, dropped in a firebox for color, and polished by hand.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Craft Category	pottery
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center
Collection	Mountain Heritage Center Collection
Inventory Number	MHC_2001_00_011
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	[Pottery: bowl with handles]
Creator	Welch, Maude, b. 1894
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	1930/1949
Dimensions	2.5" x 9"
Description	This pottery bowl was made by Maude Welch probably in the 1930s or 1940s. It features two handles shaped like heads. The signature on bottom reads "Made By Maude Welch Cherokee, N.C." scratched into clay and "275" "LSS" written in pencil. This bowl has many small cracks. Welch was born in 1894 near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Cherokee Reservation, also known as Qualla Boundary. Welch's pottery was handbuilt and carved from local clay, dried without a kiln, dropped in a firebox for color, and polished by hand.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Craft Category	pottery
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center
Collection	Mountain Heritage Center Collection
Inventory Number	MHC_2001_00_011
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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