Record #:

5600

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Amanda Swimmer, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, lives in the Big Cove community in the Qualla Boundary and creates pottery using ancient techniques. She works without a wheel and is an expert in open-pit-fired pottery. Her pottery style was almost lost in the 19th-century, following the Cherokee Removal. In 1994, she received a N.C. Folk heritage Award for preserving and reviving this pottery tradition.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p95-96

Subject(s):

Indian craft--North Carolina, Western; Swimmer, Amanda Sequoyah, 1921-; Potters--North Carolina, Western