Woodcarving: mother and child

Description

This carved sculpture was made by renowned sculptor and carver Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000). The sculpture depicts a Cherokee mother carrying her child on her back, the manner in which women typically carried their babies well up into the 20th century. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Chiltoskey was trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and the American Indian Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He began teaching woodworking at the Cherokee High School in 1935. He worked as a model maker for the U.S. Army during World War II and continued his craft after retiring in 1966. He was known for his many carvings of animals and people and worked primarily in native woods like walnut, cherry, apple, buckeye, and holly.
Details
- Creator
  - Chiltoskey, Goingback, 1907-2000
- Format
  - Crafts (art genres)
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2012-01-31
- Extent
  - Dimension: 6.75" x 2.75" x 3.75"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Qualla Boundary
  - Appalachian Region, Southern
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Artifact Collection
- Identifier
  - QACM_2012_031
- Repository
  - Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual

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