Double Snake Effigy Jar
Artist
Maude Welch
(North American Indian, Eastern Band Cherokee, Qualla Boundary, North Carolina, 1894 - 1953)
Dateca. 1935
MediumClay
DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (16.83 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bruce Hartman in memory of Wilma and Edward Hartman, Lee's Summit, Missouri
Object number2008.70.1
SignedEtched on the bottom surface: "made by Maude Welch Cherokee N.C."
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionSmall burnished clay pot of black and tan color; base form incorporating two snakes.Gallery LabelIn response to a developing tourist trade, a pottery revival emerged on the Qualla Boundary, the settlement of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, sometime between 1880 and 1920. Maude Welch is recognized as one of the most accomplished of the early artists. This simple jar is transformed by the representation of two snakes that engulf its shape, appearing to slither in and out of the burnished, black and tan, fire-clouded surface. The pattern was intentionally created through the firing process, further activating the visual dynamic of the work.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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