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- Catherine Canty
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History
Master Potter Catherine Sanders Canty was born on February 11, 1917 to Idle and Arzada Sanders, and lived most of her life on the reservation. Catherine was a hard worker, an artist, and a collector of many things. She married Billy Canty in 1931, and they started a family two years later. She worked at the J. P. Stevens Cotton Mill for 36 years, and only dedicated herself to up pottery in in her retirement. Recognized as a Master Potter of the Catawba Nation, she delighted in sharing her knowledge of Catawba pottery with school children, and also enjoyed volunteering at the Catawba Cultural Preservation Project. She was known for her specialty effigy, the frog.
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Catawba Indian Nation Reservation, York County, South Carolina.
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Master Potter of the Catawba Nation