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Title	Cherokee Indian Pottery and Bead Maker
Creator	unknown
Contributor	Standard Souvenirs and Novelties, Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Medium of Original	postcards
Date of Orginal	1930/1939
Dimensions	3.5" x 5.5"
Description	This is a postcard of a Cherokee woman, identified as Cora Wahnetah, posing with a bead loom and display of pottery. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora Wahyahneetah. The description on back of the card states, "Cherokee Indian Pottery and Bead Maker- Cherokee Indian Reservation, N.C." The pottery in the photograph is representative of the kind that was commonly made on the Qualla Boundary at the time this postcard was made. With the improvement of roads making the North Carolina mountains more accessible during the 1920s, tourism became a significant force in the economy of Cherokee and the surrounding area. The increasing number of visitors provided Cherokee craftspeople a ready market for their traditional craft goods such as the pottery shown. In her lap, Cora Wahnetah holds a loom used to make bands of beadwork, another kind of craftwork that became popular in Cherokee craft shops. This postcard also appears in the Photograph Collection of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
Subject - Topic	Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Craft Category	pottery
Time Period	1930s
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection	Regional Photographs
Inventory Number	HL_R852
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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