Pottery by Anna B. Mitchell

Anadarko, Oklahoma: Southern Plains Indian Museum and Crafts Center, 1977. Ephemera. VG- free of marks; light shelf wear.. Single sheet folded in two; 4 panels; 3 bw images. Pamphlet from the exhibition of Mitchell's pottery, October to November 1977. With a biographical essay, a bw photo of Mitchell, and a bw photo of 7 of her pots, with annotations. Includes a brief commentary by the artist. "Mitchell [was] a trailblazer for the research work she did in the late 1960s and early 1970s on the pottery methods and designs used by Native people who once lived in the Southeastern United States, including the ancestors of the Cherokee. In 1967, Mitchell began creating objects from clay that she and her husband Bob found in a pond near their Vinita home. In an interview with the Cherokee Phoenix in 2001, she said there was no guide for creating Cherokee pottery, so she decided to reach back into the past with research to again create Southeastern and Eastern Woodlands-style pottery." - from Mitchell's obituary by Will Chavez, 2012. (Inventory #: 162721)