Allen Long

Allen Long

Artisans

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American masks

Indigenous American wood-carving

Manners and customs

Mask makers

Wood-carvers

This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph is of Cherokee mask maker, Allen Long (1917-1983). Long was born and raised in the Big Cove community of Cherokee, North Carolina. When he was 12 years old, Long learned how to make masks from his father, Will West Long (1870-1947), a medicine man and authority on Cherokee cultural traditions. Allen Long made a variety of masks including the booger mask, medicine man, warrior, and wildcat. Primarily, he carved masks from buckeye and stained them with shoe polish, a technique he used instead of the traditional red clay stain which was not permanent. In 1975, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual honored him with an exhibition of his work.

United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board

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Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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2010-06-04

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions