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Folklife Collection - Folk Art

by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1971)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1971, former Salisbury University student and professors, Louise Bassett and Frances D. Ballance collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various folk art, particularly wooden carvings of decoys such as ducks. This collection includes brief introductions about duck carving and provide pictures of the art. As well as most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant.