Woodcarving: woman and child

Woodcarving: woman and child

Handicraft

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This woodcarving depicts a woman nursing a baby and was made by Wade Martin (1920-2005) of Swannanoa, N.C. during the late 1940s. The woman is sitting on a bench, has long hair, is wearing a dress, but no shoes. Martin's initials, "WHM," are carved into the bottom of the bench. Wade Hampton Martin was a well-known woodcarver from the Swannanoa area of Buncombe County. He was part of a family of renowned artisans, most of whom were woodcarvers and musicians. Wade Martin's subjects were generally typical Appalachian mountain folks depicted in everyday activities.

Martin, Wade H.

Elizabeth Woolworth Szold Fleharty Collection

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

1940/1949

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

12284

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2006-02-10

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

6.75" x 3" x 3"(dimension)

Craft Revival