Title	Maude Welch
Creator	Roberts, Vivienne
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Original	1948
Dimensions	8.25" x 9.75"
Description	This is a photograph by Vivienne Roberts of Maude French Welch (1894-1953), a Cherokee potter who was born near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. Mrs. Welch's pottery was formed and carved completely by hand from local clay, dried in the sun or her cooking oven, dropped in a firebox to change their color, and polished by hand. Welch was the aunt of another prominent Cherokee potter, Louise Bigmeat Maney. A small rivercane basket, woven in the Cherokee style, hangs on the wall above her chair. The basket is woven in a pattern known as Noonday Sun. In this World War II-era photograph, a picture of Welch's son, Master Sergeant Elliott Welch, hangs on the wall.
Subject	Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Local Subject	important people traditions potters
Time Period	1940s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Museum of the Cherokee
Collection	Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	MCI_CH_005
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Maude Welch

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