Carolina Quotes
I use poplar, dried poplar mostly, and maple. Then if I want to make a light color, I just use hardwood. That’s oak and locust. If you use locust, it give you an orange color. Hardwood uses more flame and less smoke, and the soft wood makes more smoke than flame.
Amanda Swimmer Carolinian
Source
Wind Spirit: An Exhibition of Cherokee Arts and Crafts, Museum of the Cherokee Indian and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1982; quoted in Cherokee Traditions, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
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- Wind Spirit: An Exhibition of Cherokee Arts and Crafts
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- 1982
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“I use poplar, dried poplar mostly, and maple. Then if I want…” Amanda Swimmer. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2F3A411D01. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2f3a411d01
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