Blumer, Thomas J., 1937-

Catawba Indian pottery the survival of a folk tradition / [electronic resource] : Thomas John Blumer ; with a foreword by William Harris. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004. - xxi, 223 p. : ill. - Contemporary American Indian studies . - Contemporary American Indian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index.

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.


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Catawba pottery--Themes, motives.
Catawba Indians--Industries.
Pottery craft--South Carolina.


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