Maker Miles Burkholder Carpenter (1889–1985) Date of Creation 1960 Location Waverly, Virginia Materials Oil paints on elm wood with a natural grapevine stem, the object set upon a painted iron and wood hand cart and accompanied by an empty, painted, wooden coca-cola...
Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools
Powder Horn
Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1774 Location East Tennessee Materials Cow horn Institution Tennessee State Museum Credit Line Tennessee State Museum Accession Number 80.38 Photo Credit Tennessee State Museum This powder horn was carried by John Waddell at the Battle...
Toilet Box
Maker Unknown (mass market) Date of Creation c. 1902 Location Unknown, used in Valdez, Alaska Materials Outside is wood, celluloid sheet, velveteen, interior is sateen or satin, brass latches Institution Valdez Museum & Historical Archive Credit Line Valdez Museum...
Well Curb
Maker Unknown maker Date of Creation Mid–18th century Location Newark, New Jersey Materials Limestone Institution The Newark Museum of Art Credit Line Gift of the Nova Caesarea Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1927 Accession Number 27.146 Photo Credit...
Cornice Plane
Maker Cesar Chelor (c. 1720-84) Date of Creation 1775–84 Location Wrentham, Massachusetts Materials Birch, iron Institution Historic Deerfield Credit Line Gift of Amy Ramage Lyman, daughter of John Hilton Lyman and great great niece of Catherine Ramage Bliss of South...
Walking Stick
Maker Henry Gudgell Date of Creation c. 1865 Location Livingston County, Missouri Materials Wood Institution Speed Art Museum Credit Line Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Endowed Art Acquisition Fund; Gift of Anna and Allan Weiss; Museum purchase, by...
Great Horse Effigy
Maker Attributed to No Two Horns Date of Creation Late 1800s Location South Dakota Materials Wood, horse hair, brass, leather, paint Institution South Dakota Historical Society Credit Line N/A Accession Number 1974.002.122 Photo Credit Museum of the South Dakota State...
B&M Baked Bean Jar Basket
Maker Erica Nelson Menard (Penobscot, born 1953) Date of Creation 2023 Location Northeastern United States Materials Black ash, sweetgrass, dye, and glass Institution Portland Museum of Art Credit Line Museum purchase with support from the Peggy and Harold Osher...
American Federal Dining Room
Maker Narcissa Niblack Thorne, American, 1882–1966 Date of Creation 20th century Location Chicago, Illinois Materials Mixed Media Institution Phoenix Art Museum Credit Line Gift of Niblack Thorne Accession Number 1962.79.12 Photo Credit © Phoenix Art Museum. All...