Fannie Ivester

Dublin Core

Title

Fannie Ivester

Subject

Brasstown Carvers
John C. Campbell Folk School
Women woodworkers
Wood-carvers

Description

Fannie Sherlin Ivester (1899-1984) began carving by the early 1940s, becoming one of the first female Brasstown Carvers. She encouraged other family members, such as her daughter-in-law Abalee Dockery Ivester, to also take up carving.

Source

Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) Collection

Date

1960

Rights

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

Format

photographs
portraits

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

72647
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72647

Spatial Coverage

Brasstown (N.C.)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

“Fannie Ivester,” OAI, accessed May 4, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/72647.