Miniature Ceramic Jar
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "2 1/2" x 2" model (clay) of an old-fashioned 'wedding-jug'. Bought Sept. 15, 1951, for $0.50, from the maker, Maude Welch, middle-aged potter of Paint-Town, Qualla Res., N. Carolina. Shape copied from specimen in Mus. Of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, N.C. In old wedding ceremony, bride drank from one spout, groom from the other, then pot broken - contained "some kind of tea, like a love potion I guess" (M. Welch)"
label: Notes
content: Note in the hand of Sturtevant found loose with collection: Maude Welch. Hwy 19, nr., Cherokee – 50c. Small size, same gen'l shape as larger one ordered = “wedding jar” – to be entered in fair under old-fash. shape classific – copied from one in museum – Type used in old wedding ceremony bride drank from one spout, groom from other, the pot broken – contained “some kind of tea – like a love potion I guess”
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Qualla Reservation, North Carolina, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee, Eastern
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437570-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar