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Author Blumer, Thomas J., 1937-

Title Catawba Indian pottery [electronic resource] : the survival of a folk tradition / Thomas John Blumer ; with a foreword by William Harris.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxi, 223 p. : ill.
Series Contemporary American Indian studies
Contemporary American Indian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Catawba pottery -- Themes, motives.
Catawba Indians -- Industries.
Pottery craft -- South Carolina.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0817313834 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817350616 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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