Woodcarving: fiddle maker

Woodcarving: fiddle maker

Handicraft

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This woodcarving depicts a traditional male fiddle maker seated on a bench and was made by Wade Martin (1920-2005) of Swannanoa, N.C. during the 1950s. The fiddle maker has a long beard and overalls, with "WHM" carved in the bottom of the bench. One leg is missing from the wooden work table; two tools are affixed to the table; while other tools represented in an old photograph of the carving are missing. The scroll of a fiddle is on the tabletop, but the body of the fiddle is missing. The man is holding the back of the fiddle; the man's thumb is missing. Wade Hampton Martin was a well-known woodcarver from the Swannanoa area of Buncombe County. He was part of a family of renowned artisans that included his father, Marcus Lafayette Martin, a regionally-known fiddler and instrument maker, and his mother, Callie Holloway Martin, a homemaker and good banjo player. The family included five sons, Wayne, Quentin, Edsel, Fred, and Wade, and one daughter, Zenobia, many of whom became established woodcarvers.

Martin, Wade H.

Elizabeth Woolworth Szold Fleharty Collection

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

1950/1959

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crafts (art genres)

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12283

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/12283

2006-02-10

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

6.75" x 3" x 3"(dimension)

Craft Revival