Goingback Chiltoskey

Goingback Chiltoskey

Artisans

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Manners and customs

Wood-carvers

This undated photograph by an unknown photographer is of renowned Cherokee woodcarver, Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000), a native of Cherokee, North Carolina. Chiltosky was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and the American Indian Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He began teaching woodworking at the Cherokee High School in 1935. He worked as a model maker for the U.S. Army during World War II and continued his craft after retiring in 1966. He was known for his many carvings of animals and people and worked primarily in native woods like walnut, cherry, apple, buckeye, and holly.

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Photograph Collection

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

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StillImage

11005

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2008-11-13

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.25" x 4.25"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions