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Title
[Pottery
:
vase]
Creator
Youngbird, Rebecca Amanda Wolf, b. 1890
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
1961
Dimensions
7.25" x 5.0" x 5.0"
Description
This
pottery
vase
was
made
in
1961
by
self-taught
Cherokee
potter
Rebecca
"
Amanda
"
Wolf
Youngbird
. A
double-spouted
vase
,
like
this
one
,
is
known
as a
Cherokee
wedding
vase
. The
earthenware
clay
was
shaped
using
the
coil
method
, and was
burnished
,
before
before
insicing
the
pattern
into the
clay
. This
overall
design
is
a
variation
of the
Friendship
pattern
.
Born
on the
Qualla
Boundary
in
1890
, she 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
Time Period
1960s
Location
Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution
Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual
Collection
Artifact
Collection
Inventory Number
QACM_1992_145
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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