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Title	[Pottery: lamp]
Creator	Youngbird, Rebecca Amanda Wolf, b. 1890
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	unknown
Dimensions	4.5" x 5.25" x 3.75"
Description	This undated pottery oil lamp was made by Cherokee potter Rebecca “Amanda” Wolf Youngbird, a self-taught potter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A shallow stable bowl form was used to burn oil to create light. The handle of this particular oil lamp has been shaped into the form of a squirrel. A pot with a totemic figure, such as this one, is also called an effigy pot. To make this piece, earthenware clay was shaped into a bowl using the coil method; the squirrel handle was modeled. The entire piece was burnished, before before impressing a pattern in they clay. Youngbird was born on the Qualla Boundary in 1890 and was sent away at the age of 13 to attend the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. When she returned to Cherokee, she became interested in pottery and began making pots circa 1915. She made her pottery using the coil method, moving upward from a clay base. She used a number of special knives to shape and finish her pieces and burnished them with a smooth stone. Youngbird is credited with introducing the wedding vase to Cherokee, having seen pueblo Indian potters making the form at a demonstration in 1930.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Cherokee pottery -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	pottery
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection	Artifact Collection
Inventory Number	QACM_1992_133
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc., Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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