This undated pottery plate was made by Cherokee potter Gwen Conseen. Its rounded form was built using the coil method, raising the sides slightly to form a shallow depression The earthenware was burnished to a light sheen before the designs were...
This undated pottery plate was made by Cherokee potter Gwen Conseen. Its rounded form was built using the coil method, raising the sides slightly to form a shallow depression. Its outer edge is fluted. The earthenware was burnished to a light...
This small plate or saucer was made by W.B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in 1941. It features a rose or peach glaze with two small patches of turquoise glaze. The bottom of the plate is stamped "PISGAH FOREST 1941" with a cameo of a potter. ...
This copper plate was hand made by an unidentified metal smith producing items for sale through the Penland Weavers and Potters, Penland, N.C. This plate has a carefully scalloped edge. It was most likely made during the 1940s to 1960s, although...
This photograph, taken in 1932 by an unknown photographer, is from the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 133, published in 1943. It is titled, "Wiliwesti's Artifacts" and shows a variety of Cherokee craft items...
This photograph of Will West Long was taken in the field by Frans M. Olbrechts. Long served as Olbrechts' "main informant and interpreter" in the interviews he conducted for the the United States Bureau of American Ethnology in the years 1926 and...
Combination mess kit and canteen; mess kit contains: one frying pan with handle, one plate and one cup with handle; all made of tin. The entire combination fits into canvas bag with shoulder strap; canvas bag is felt lined and has leather...
Combination mess kit and canteen; mess kit contains: one frying pan with handle, one plate and one cup with handle; all made of tin. The entire combination fits into canvas bag with shoulder strap; canvas bag is felt lined and has leather...
Combination mess kit and canteen; mess kit contains: one frying pan with handle, one plate and one cup with handle; all made of tin. The entire combination fits into canvas bag with shoulder strap; canvas bag is felt lined and has leather...
Combination mess kit and canteen; mess kit contains: one frying pan with handle, one plate and one cup with handle; all made of tin. The entire combination fits into canvas bag with shoulder strap; canvas bag is felt lined and has leather...
This key and keyhole plate were found in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville, N.C., Macon County, N.C., and Hiawassee, Ga.,...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Exhibitions -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows a young worker in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to Tryon in 1915 and...
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows a young worker in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to Tryon in 1915 and...
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows several young workers in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, North Carolina, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to...
This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows a wooden Noah's Ark set in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, North Carolina, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to...
