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Catawba Indian pottery : the survival of a folk tradition /

A comprehensive study that traces the craft of pottery making among the Catawba Indians of North Carolina from the late 18th century to the present. When Europeans encountered them, the Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that carries their name near the present Nor...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Blumer, Thomas J., 1937-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2004.
Collection:Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Discovering the Catawba
  • A family economy based on pottery
  • Peddling pottery
  • The Indian circuit
  • Teaching the craft
  • Professionalism and the Catawba potters
  • A native resource, clay
  • Tools: ancient and modern adaptations
  • Building pots: woodland and Mississippian methods
  • Design motifs
  • The pipe industry
  • Burning the pottery.