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Title
[Pottery
:
vase]
Creator
Swimmer, Mabel Bigmeat
Medium of Original
crafts
Date of Orginal
unknown
Dimensions
6.5" x 6.75" x 6.75"
Description
This
undated
blackware
pottery
vase
was
made
by
Mabel
Bigmeat
Swimmer
.
Mabel
Bigmeat
was
raised
on
Wrights
Creek
in the
Painttown
community
of
Cherokee
,
North
Carolina
. A
member
of the
Eastern
Band
of
Cherokee
Indians
, she was a
third-generation
potter
.
While
she was a
young
child
, she and her
two
sisters
began
making
pottery
with their
mother
,
Charlotte
Welch
Bigmeat
. For a
time
,
Mabel
Bigmeat
worked
at the
Oconaluftee
Indian
Village
where
she
made
reproduction
pottery
for
demonstration
. She
moved
with her
sister
,
Elizabeth
Bigmeat
Jackson
, to
Flint
,
Michigan
where
she
continued
to
make
pottery
,
bringing
it
back
to
Cherokee
to
fire
and
sell
at
local
craft
shops
. In
1979
, the
Indian
Arts
and
Crafts
Board
and
Qualla
Arts
and
Crafts
Mutual
organized
an
exhibiton
of
pottery
by the
Bigmeat
sisters
. This
vase
is
impressed
with the
imprint
of a
bear's
paw
around
the
shoulder
of the
vase
.
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_125
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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