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[Woodcarving: goose hissing and large bird]
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| Title | [Woodcarving: goose hissing and large bird] |
| Identifier | JCCFS_W1140 |
| Format | craft object
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| Date Created | 1940/1979 |
| Dimensions | 5.5" x 12" x 3" |
| Description | This hissing goose (back left ) and large bird (front right) were carved out of buckeye by Glenn Brown and Hope Caler Brown, respectively. The large bird is marked "pattern, " indicating an original prototype. Glen Brown was known for his carvings of geese, guinea fowl, and other birds. He began carving in 1939 with John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin and sold his work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. He was joined a year later by his wife, Hope. Having raised eight children, Hope Brown has said that carving kept the family off welfare. In 1942 Glenn Brown earned $161 from carving, a substantial sum at the time. In 1944, when the school woodshop burned, the Browns lost their carving patterns. They moved temporarily to take up factory work, but later returned to Brasstown. |
| 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 | 1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
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| County | Clay County, N.C.
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| Creator | Brown, Glen
Brasstown Carvers
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| Source Institution | John C. Campbell Folk School
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| Collection | Artifact Collection. Brasstown Carvings, ca. 1930s-1950s. |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. John C. Campbell Folk School. For permission to reproduce items, contact Folklorist/John C. Campbell Folk School, One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC 28902 or 1/800-365-5724.; |
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