logo
Open today 10 am – 5 pm

Bowl

Object Number:70-9-424
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Cherokee
Provenience: United States of America
North Carolina
Cherokee
Culture Area: Southeast Culture Area
Maker: Charlotte Bigmeat
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Height: 7 cm
Width: 12 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

Description

Made by Charlotte Bigmeat in Catawba style. The clay is very smooth and very glossy. It varies in coloring because of unequal firing. Around the lip of the bowl are four "hump-like" protruberances that decorate each "corner" of the rim. Further down where the rim curves down towards the base of the bowl, there are eight more "hump-like" protruberances spaced around the bowl approximately 1" apart.

You may also be interested in these objects:


Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.