Virgil Crowe Woodcarver

Virgil Crowe Woodcarver

Artisans

Cherokee art

Cherokee Indians

Handicraft

Indigenous American wood-carving

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Virgil Crowe is known for realistically detailed woodcarvings. He studied woodcarving with Amanda Crowe during high school and, later, began to carve animal forms. He uses local animals as models, rather than relying on more generalized images. Inspired by Sim Jessan’s snake mask, in the mid-1980s, he began to carve masks himself. Crowe is involved in the entire carving process, including the making of particular tools.

Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc.

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

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North Carolina Grassroots Fund

Swain County Arts Council (N.C.)

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publications (documents)

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16746

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16746

3-13-2012

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

9.0" x 8.75"(dimension)

Craft Revival