Goingback Chiltoskey

Goingback Chiltoskey

Artisans

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000), a native of Cherokee, North Carolina and a member of the Eastern Band of a Cherokee, was a renowned woodcarver. He was known for his many carvings of animals and people and worked primarily in native woods like walnut, cherry, apple, buckeye, and holly. In this photograph, Chiltoskey (far right) explains his work to Joan Mondale (center), wife of Vice President Mondale. The photograph was made on June 7, 1977 when Mrs. Mondale attended the ground breaking of the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, NC. Mondale was accompanied by the wife of the U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Robert B. Morgan, and Mrs. Lana Gudger, wife of Vonno Lamar Gudger a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 11th District. Chiltoskey shows off one of his wood carvings; behind the group are a number of rivercane and white oak baskets. The photographer's name is unknown.

Unknown

Photograph Collection

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

1977-06-07

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photographs

StillImage

16490

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16490

2010-04-06

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival