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Catawba Indian pottery is the hand-built ceramic tradition of the Catawba Nation, whose homeland is in the Carolinas and whose present reservation is in South Carolina. Potters form local clay without a wheel, commonly using coils, then smooth or burnish the surfaces with stones and fire the vessels...
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Deeply continuous Native pottery tradition, culturally significant and hand-built, less prominent in global auction markets.
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Barro negro is a black-clay pottery tradition centered in San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca, Mexico. Vessels are formed from local clay, smoothed or decorated, and fired in a low-oxygen environment that produces their dark color. In the 20th century, potter Doña Rosa Real Mateo developed a polished de...
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Iconic Oaxacan black clay tradition with distinctive burnish, strong tourist and museum recognition, variable commercial quality.
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