Jar
Date1987
Maker
Daisy Stewart "Red Wing" Bradby
(1914 - 1996)
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/16 × 5 5/8in. (18.9 × 14.3cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Buck in memory of Edward A. Chappell
Object number2021.900.20
DescriptionEarthenware jar of coiled construction, low-fired and burnished. Incised decoration.Label TextFor centuries the Pamunkey Indians have produced pottery for daily use, while also providing an outlet for artistic expression. During the 1930s, some women on the Pamunkey Reservation began making earthenware pottery for sale to tourists. They formed a tribal pottery guild to pass on their skills to the younger generation. The maker of this pot, Daisy Bradby, whose potter’s name, Red Wing is incised on the base, learned this tradition from her mother. She constructed this piece by coiling bands of clay one on top of the other. It was fired in an open pit and burnished or polished to create the surface sheen and the decoration exquisitely incised.
InscribedThe base inscribed: "D B 1987 / PAMUNKEY / RES. VA. / REDWING".
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