Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Watermelon Trade Sign 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...
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Powder Horn
Home > 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...
Toilet Box
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
Well Curb
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
Cornice Plane
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
Walking Stick
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
Great Horse Effigy
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
B&M Baked Bean Jar Basket
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...
American Federal Dining Room
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > 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...









