Cooking Pot

46-6-86

Location: On Display in the Native North America Gallery

From: United States of America | North Carolina

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 46-6-86
Current Location Native North America Gallery - On Display
Culture Cherokee
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Date Made 1940-1950 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Crudly made drab ware, not tempered. Inside blackened. Outside covered with stamped cross-hatch decoration. Flat base with slightly rounded sides contracting slightly to wider rim."Made by Will West Long's wife. see Harrington, M.R. - Last of Cherokee Potters Fewkes. Vlademir-Catawba pottery, etc.

Height 16.19 cm
Width 21.27 cm
Depth 21.27 cm
Credit Line Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946

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