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Title	[Dulcimers]
Creator	Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1929/1935
Dimensions	9.5" x 7.5"
Description	This photograph of four mountain dulcimers was taken by John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) in the late 1930s. Niles accompanied and assisted Doris Ulmann on her photography trips through Appalachia, where this photograph was most likely taken. Niles, a composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads, also made and played traditional musical instruments. The instrument on the far left was built by Jethro Amburgey of the Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky. The third instrument from the left was built near Boone, North Carolina by Nathan Hicks. The instrument on the right was made by John Jacob Niles and Park Fisher, a woodworking teacher at the John C. Campbell Folk School. The Amburgey and Hicks dulcimers are in the collection of the John C. Campbell Folk School. The current location of the other two instruments is unknown.
Subject - Topic	Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Musical instruments -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Craft Category	instruments
Time Period	1920s 1930s
Source Institution	John C. Campbell Folk School
Collection	Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	JCCFS_202
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723