Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Guitar, Liberty Tree Grand Theater Model, No. 194 Maker Taylor Guitars Date of Creation 2002 Location El Cajon, California Materials Tulip poplar, Sitka spruce, mahogany, ebony, bone, abalone, mother-of-pearl, synthetic...
Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools
Gourd Fiddle
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Gourd Fiddle Maker James Russell Cluxton Date of Creation c. 1860 Location Sardinia, Ohio Materials Gourd, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl Institution National Music Museum Credit Line Gift of Barbara A. Baskin, 2023...
Tomahawk, Hammer Poll
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Tomahawk, Hammer Poll Maker Yet-to-be-known blacksmith Date of Creation c. 1770 Location Eastern Pennsylvania Materials Maple, iron, silver Institution DAR Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number 2024.31 Photo Credit...
Cookie Mold
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Cookie Mold Maker John Vogler Date of Creation c. 1820 Location Salem, North Carolina Materials Maple Institution Old Salem Museums & Gardens/ MESDA Credit Line Gift of Anna Rights Accession Number 936.1 Photo Credit...
Nkisi
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Nkisi Maker Unknown Date of Creation 18th Century Location Newport, Rhode Island Materials Three fabric fragments; 3 fragments of Chinese import ceramics; 3 beads; 3 wooden buttons; 1 worked cowrie shell; 29 iron pins;...
Pocket Flask
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Pocket Flask Maker Unknown Date of Creation c. 1850 Location New Mexico Materials Leather and sinew Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number NMHM/DCA 02175.45 Photo Credit New Mexico History...
Burden Basket and Water Bottle
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Burden Basket and Water Bottle Maker Apache Date of Creation c. 1880 Location New Mexico Materials Yucca fibers, leather, pine tar, natural dyes Institution New Mexico History Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number...
Arizona
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Arizona Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1924 Location Los Angeles, California, with petrified wood from Chalcedony Forest in Holbrook, Arizona Materials Petrified wood, resin fills, golf leaf Institution Daughters of the...
Nevada
Home > Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools > Nevada Maker J. Barrett Date of Creation 1881–85 Location Nevada Materials Granite, gold leaf (on red ground), silver Institution State of Nevada Credit Line N/A Accession Number N/A Photo Credit National Park Service...









