Obtained from the Southern Band of Cherokees, Jackson County, North
Carolina.
The manufacture of pottery, once so universally practiced by the
Atlantic coast Indians, is still kept up by this tribe, rather, however,
for the purpose of trade than for use in their domestic arts. The
vessels are, to a great extent, modeled after the ware of the whites,
but the methods of manufacture seem to be almost wholly aboriginal.
63070. A handled mug or cup of brownish ware. The form is not
aboriginal. It is composed of clay, tempered, apparently, with
pulverized shell. The surface has a slight polish produced by a
polishing implement. The height is 4-1/2 inches and the width nearly
the same.
63068. Large flat-bottomed bowl, 6 inches in height, 11 inches in
diameter at the top, and 8 at the base. Although made without a wheel,
this vessel is quite symmetrical. The thickness is from one-fourth to
one-half of an inch. The material has been a dark clay paste with
tempering of powdered mica.
63066. A three-legged pot, with spherical body, resembling very closely
in appearance the common iron cooking pot of the whites. The rim is
6 inches in diameter, and 1 inch high. The body is 9 inches in
diameter. Two handles are attached to the upper part of the body. The
form is symmetrical and the surface highly polished. The polishing
stone has been used with so much skill that the effect of a glaze is
well produced. The materials used were clay and pulverized mica. The
color is dark brown.
63067. A strong, rudely made vessel shaped like a half cask. The walls
are about one-half an inch in thickness. The surface is rough, the
polishing stone having been very carelessly applied.
63068. A flat-bottomed bowl symmetrical in shape but rudely finished.