Woodcarving: mule

Woodcarving: mule

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This mule, carved in walnut, was made by Ray Mann, a woodcarver from Clay County, in the 1930s or 1940s. In 1922 Mann married into the Hall family of carvers. His father-in-law was Elisha Allen Hall, brother to carvers John and Ben Hall and uncle to Jack Hall. The mule was one of the Hall family's signature pieces, although Mann carved other animals as well. He started carving in the 1930s with John C. Campbell Folk School woodcarving teacher Murrial Martin and sold his work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers.

Brasstown Carvers

Mann, Ray

Permanent Collection

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

1930/1949

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14561

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2008-02-04

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Clay County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

3" x 4.5" x 3"(dimension)

Craft Revival