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| Title | [Woodcarving: mule] |
| Identifier | SHCG_PermCol_1988_673 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | 1930/1949 |
| Dimensions | 3" x 4.5" x 3" |
| Description | This mule, carved in walnut, was made by Ray Mann, a woodcarver from Clay County, in the 1930s or 1940s. In 1922 Mann married into the Hall family of carvers. His father-in-law was Elisha Allen Hall, brother to carvers John and Ben Hall and uncle to Jack Hall. The mule was one of the Hall family's signature pieces, although Mann carved other animals as well. He started carving in the 1930s with John C. Campbell Folk School woodcarving teacher Murrial Martin and sold his work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. |
| Subject - Topic | Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Brasstown Carvers
John C. Campbell Folk School
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| Craft Category | woodwork
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| Decade | 1930s
1940s
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| County | Clay County, N.C.
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| Creator | Mann, Ray
Brasstown Carvers
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| Source Institution | Southern Highland Craft Guild
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| Collection | Permanent Collection. |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. For use permission, contact library@craftguild.org or Southern Highland Craft Guild, P. O. Box 9545, Asheville, NC 28815.; |
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