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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2004.
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| Series: | Contemporary American Indian studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.