(029 a) Case for landing net; with ''I-D-L LANDING NET: STEEL COLLAPSING FRAME WITH 12 INCH BAMBOO HANDLE''; very worn - stained, and seams are ripped, insect holes in fabric; label on case is in very poor condition; cotton; tied at one end with...
(029 a) Case for landing net; with "I-D-L LANDING NET: STEEL COLLAPSING FRAME WITH 12 INCH BAMBOO HANDLE"; very worn - stained, and seams are ripped, insect holes in fabric; label on case is in very poor condition; cotton; tied at one end with...
(047) Straight razor (c); Boxed razor (a - top of box) (b - bottom of box) with steel blade and plastic handle; blade stamped ''O.B.M. A. KASTOR BROS. GERMANY''; box stamped: ''OUR BEST MAKE, A. KASTOR & BROS. GERMANY. PRICE $3.00 EACH''; 048)...
(047) Straight razor (c); Boxed razor (a - top of box) (b - bottom of box) with steel blade and plastic handle; blade stamped "O.B.M. A. KASTOR BROS. GERMANY"; box stamped: "OUR BEST MAKE, A. KASTOR & BROS. GERMANY. PRICE $3.00 EACH"; 048)...
(094) One pair (a) left (b) right of black leather half boots with fancy band across the toe with leather soles and heels; have eye hooks, laces and high tops and eyelets; Condition poor, leather split and soles worn; (a) piece of sole has fallen...
(094) One pair (a) left (b) right of black leather half boots with fancy band across the toe with leather soles and heels; have eye hooks, laces and high tops and eyelets; Condition poor, leather split and soles worn; (a) piece of sole has fallen...
"This undated photograph is of a standing bear carved by Amanda Crowe. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Amanda Crowe (1928-2004) is known for figurative wood sculptures; she was particularly known for her expressive bears. Her animal...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The brick high school building had been completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s. ...
Almond (N.C.); Schools -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Almond High School (Almond, N.C.)
A handwritten caption at the bottom of this photograph identifies it as the 'Almond High'� school building in Swain County, North Carolina. The building was completed in the Almond, N.C., community in the mid-1920s and, with the improvement of...
Indian wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- 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,...
A typed caption on this photograph identifies it as 'On Balsam Divide looking towards Black Rock Knob.'� The photograph is featured in a report titled 'Properties of Dr. John R. Brinkley,'� which contains a letter of transmittal from Ellis...
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931; Tuckasegee River (N.C.); Fishing;
After his arrival in western North Carolina in the autumn of 1904, Kephart began to explore the area. One instance is featured in the photograph of ''Trout fishing, Falls of the Tuckaseegee (upper and higher falls not shown).'' The High Falls of...
After his arrival in western North Carolina in the autumn of 1904, Kephart began to explore the area. One instance is featured in the photograph of "Trout fishing, Falls of the Tuckaseegee (upper and higher falls not shown)." The High Falls of...
Hydroelectric power plants -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
Among the featured headlines the August 27, 1929 issue of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) was the article 'Power Co. Will Build Nantahala Dam this Fall,'� reporting on plans of the newly formed Nantahala Power and Light Company for a hydroelectric...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Legends -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Dogwood Crafters Cooperative (Dillsboro, N.C.); Artisans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North...
Amy opens the show with the legend of Judaculla Rock, followed by Milan Miller’s musical interpretation of the story from the album Songs from Jackson County. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Brenda Anders of Dillsboro about the Dogwood...
Basket maker Eva Queen Wolfe (1922-2004) is shown here working on a double weave rivercane basket in this Indian Arts and Crafts Board photograph from 1969.
Living and working in the Big Cove community northeast of Cherokee, Eva Wolfe was a master...
Basket maker Eva Wolfe is shown in this undated photograph with an rivercane purse basket in her lap. She sits surrounded by other rivercane baskets, three of them made in the complex double weave style. One basket is tagged with a First Place...
Basket maker Eva Wolfe is shown in this undated photograph with an unfinished rivercane basket in her lap. She sits surrounded by many other rivercane baskets, most of them in the complex double weave style. Living and working in the Big Cove...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Born and raised in Birdtown, Lloyd Carl Owle learned woodcarving from a number of accomplished carvers on the Qualla Boundary. He took high school classes in woodcarving and attended Western Carolina University. He was inspired by Mose Owle and...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Artists -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Mountain life -- North Carolina --...
Come with Amy, and share memories of the Golden Farm in Tuckasegee with “The Chicken-Killing Rock.” (Asheville’s The Muses close the segment with “Down to the River to Pray”.) Doreyl’s guest on Creative Corner is Dominick DePalo, a...
