BOWL

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BOWL

Entry/Object ID

606/14547

Description

BOWL/POTTERY/INCISED GEO. DESIGN/CHEROKEE

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Tennessee

Culture/Tribe

Cherokee

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bowl

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Diameter

5-1/2 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 18, 2007

Research Notes

Notes

This decorated pottery bowl was created in Tennessee by a Cherokee potter. Cherokee pottery is characterized by their stamped decoration. Potters would use carved wood paddles or natural materials like corn cobs to impress a design into wet clay before firing. All pots were hand-formed; Cherokee potters did not use a pottery wheel when creating their pottery.