Woodcarving: goose

Dublin Core

Title

Woodcarving: goose

Subject

Brasstown Carvers
Handicraft
John C. Campbell Folk School
Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Description

This goose was carved by Glenn Brown out of butternut wood in the late 1930s or 1940s. Brown was known for his carvings of geese, guinea fowl, and other birds. He began carving in 1939 with John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin and sold his work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers.

Creator

Brasstown Carvers
Brown, Glen

Source

Permanent Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1939/1949

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

14997
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/14997

Date Created

2008-03-06

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Clay County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

9.5" x 7" x 3"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Brasstown Carvers and Brown, Glen, “Woodcarving: goose,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/14997.