Woodcarving: potter

Woodcarving: potter

Cherokee art

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This undated Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph shows a carving of a Cherokee potter that was made by Cherokee woodcarver Virgil Ledford, who was born in 1940 in the Birdtown Community on the Qualla Boundary. Ledford began carving as a child while still in elementary school; his grandfather was also a carver. Later, he studied with famed sculptor Amanda Crowe. Throughout his life, Ledford carved detailed images of wildlife animals that are native to the region’s eastern forests. In 1974, he was honored with a solo exhibition at Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual where he exhibited 21 pieces in cherry, buckeye, walnut, and mahogany. The exhibition was accompanied by a four-page brochure produced by Qualla Arts, the Indian Arts and Craft Board, and the North Carolina Arts Council.

Ledford, Virgil, 1940-2018

Unknown

Photograph Collection

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

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photographs

StillImage

16464

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16464

2010-05-28

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival