Allen Eaton is pictured here with Kate Clayton Donaldson (ca. 1864-1960), more commonly known as Granny Donaldson, who is displaying one of her "cow blankets." She is seated in a rocking chair in the shade. A basket which appears to hold skeins...
Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000), also known as Going Back Chiltoskie and G. B. Chiltosky, was a renowned Cherokee Indian woodcarver who also taught wood crafts at the Cherokee School in Cherokee, North Carolina. In this photograph he is shown at...
Jack Hall (1920-1984) is shown here demonstrating carving at a table displaying finished animals and rough-cut items in progress. This photograph was taken by an unknown photographer at the 1950 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in...
Postcard displaying handmade loom with men weaving cloth. Back of card reads, "Handmade loom at Biltmore Industries, Inc., Asheville, N.C., where beautiful Biltmore Handwoven Homespuns have been created for over half a century."
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This four-page brochure was published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual to accompany an exhibition of carvings by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). A member of the Eastern Band, Wilnoty was born in the Cherokee...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This photograph is of a pendant by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). The carving, made in 1960, was made of stone and is 3 inches high. It was pictured in a 1971 brochure published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Qualla Arts and Crafts...
Stone carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern
This photograph is of a sculpture titled "Struggler" by John Julius Wilnoty (b. 1940). The sculpture, made in 1970, was made of stone and is 8 inches long. It was pictured in a 1971 brochure published by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and...
This photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, the two years she spent in Brasstown, North Carolina. Mrs. Connelly, a preacher's wife from Blairsville, Georgia, was a weaver. She is shown in this photograph displaying her coverlets.
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows Sarah Connelly displaying her coverlets. Connelly, a preacher's wife from Blairsville, Ga., wove textiles for the John C. Campbell Folk School.