Woodcarving: animals

Woodcarving: animals

Brasstown Carvers

Handicraft

Handicraft industries

John C. Campbell Folk School

Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This photograph features an arrangement of hand carved animals and was taken by John Jacob Niles, in the 1930s. Niles (1892-1980) was a folksinger, instrument maker, and ballad collector who accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia. This photograph features several carvings made at the John C. Campbell Folk School, where he and Ulmann visited in 1933 and 1934. Niles also served as Music Director at the Folk School in 1935. These carvings were most likely produced and sold through the school's woodcarving cooperative that later became known as the Brasstown Carvers.

Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

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

1933/1936

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15062

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2008-03-17

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 6"(dimension)

Craft Revival