Pottery & Cement Work

 

 

 

Search  Inquiry Net

[ Back ] [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Next ]

Axemanship
Basketry, Etc.
Camp Tools & Furniture
Colonial Handicraft
Cooking [Camp]
Cooking [Home]
Designing
Farming
Food
Garden Helper
Handihelp
Health
Leather Work
Metal Work
Nature
Pottery & Cement Work
Sewing
Shelter
Small Stock Farming
Stock Farming
Towncraft
Travel
Weaving
Wood Carving

Scout Books

Site Contents

by Ernest Thompson Seton

(It is not necessary to fire ware by self, except where so specified.)

(Only 2 allowed to, count for Sagamoreship or lower degree.)

Do 1 of the following for coup; 2 for grand coup:

(a) Make and decorate 4 clay pieces, one a bowl and the others optional, clay to be gathered and dish fired by self.

(b) Make by coil process 4 bowls, each decorated with a different authentic Indian design (such as Zuni, Acoma, San Domingo, Moqui).

(c) Make a practicable potter's wheel and with this wheel, make 12 different pieces of pottery.

(d) Make a practicable potter's kiln and in this kiln fire successfully 12 pieces of pottery.

(e) Make a rectangular shallow dish for ferns, glazed to prevent leakage, and at least 10 x 6 x 2 inches, and decorated with original design.

(f) Make a set of 4 candlesticks and fire bowl for the altar fire.

Make a bowl or vase with lip, for coup. In addition, describe the principal varieties of native clays, tell where they are found and what colors they take when baked. Tell how ancient and prehistoric pottery of America may be distinguished from that made today, and describe the Zuni method of firing, for grand coup.

Paint "overglaze" a set of 6 china dishes, using a native American design. Ditto for "underglaze" painting. Either for coup; both for grand coup.

Make a bird bath, at least 12 inches in diameter, which is used by birds. Make a cement flower box, at least 6 x 8 x 20, waterproofed and drained. Either for coup; both for grand coup.

For Further Information, See: The Birch Bark Roll

 

 

   

 

 


Additional Information:

Peer- Level Topic Links:
 [ Axemanship ] [ Basketry, Etc. ] [ Camp Tools & Furniture ] [ Colonial Handicraft ] [ Cooking [Camp] ] [ Cooking [Home] ] [ Designing ] [ Farming ] [ Food ] [ Garden Helper ] [ Handihelp ] [ Health ] [ Leather Work ] [ Metal Work ] [ Nature ] [ Pottery & Cement Work ] [ Sewing ] [ Shelter ] [ Small Stock Farming ] [ Stock Farming ] [ Towncraft ] [ Travel ] [ Weaving ] [ Wood Carving ]

Parent- Level Topic Links:
[ 1st Lamp ] [ 2nd Lamp ] [ 3rd Lamp ] [ 4th Lamp ] [ Degrees in Woodcraft ] [ Conservation ]

The Inquiry Net Main Topic Links:
 [Outdoor Skills]  [Patrol Method]  [Old-School]  [Adults]  [Advancement]  [Ideals]  [Leadership]  [Uniforms]

Search This Site:

Search Amazon.Com:

When you place an order with Amazon.Com using the search box below, a small referral fee is returned to The Inquiry Net to help defer the expense of keeping us online.  Thank you for your consideration!

Search:

Keywords:

Amazon Logo

 

 

Scout Books Trading Post

Dead Bugs, Blow Guns, Sharp Knives, & Snakes:
What More Could A Boy Want?

Old School Scouting:
What to Do, and How to Do It!

To Email me, replace "(at)" below with "@"
Rick(at)Kudu.Net

If you have questions about one of my 2,000 pages here, you must send me the "URL" of the page!
 This "URL" is sometimes called the "Address" and it is usually found in a little box near the top of your screen.  Most URLs start with the letters "http://"

The Kudu Net is a backup "mirror" of The Inquiry Net.  

©2003, 2011 The Inquiry Net, http://inquiry.net  In addition to any Copyright still held by the original authors, the Scans, Optical Character Recognition, extensive Editing,  and HTML Coding on this Website are the property of the Webmaster.   My work may be used by individuals for non-commercial, non-web-based activities, such as Scouting, research, teaching, and personal use so long as this copyright statement and a URL to my material is included in the text. 
The purpose of this Website is to provide access  to hard to find, out-of-print documents.  Much of the content has been edited to be of practical use in today's world and is not intended as historical preservation.   I will be happy to provide scans of specific short passages in the original documents for people involved in academic research.  

 

Last modified: October 15, 2016.