Folk Art in Texas
Description
This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
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203 p. : ill., ports. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
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Abernethy, Francis Edward 2017.
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This book is part of the collection entitled: Texas Folklore Society Publications and was provided by the UNT Press to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 171 times. More information about this book can be viewed below.
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- Abernethy, Francis Edward Author, Folk Art in General, Yard Art in Particular
Contributing Authors
- Lomax, Joseph F. Some People Call This Art; The Orange Show
- Sewell, Ernestine P. The Rural Mailbox
- Linck, Charles E., Jr. The Rural Mailbox
- Mitchell, Robert Tail Fins Forever (Or, Anyone Who Names His Zebra "Spot" Can't Be All Bad)
- Mitchell, Linda Tail Fins Forever (Or, Anyone Who Names His Zebra "Spot" Can't Be All Bad)
- Igo, John Guardians, Surviving Folkways
- West, John O. Folk Grave Decoration Along the Rio Grande
- Kremenak-Pecotte, Beverly At Rest: Folk Art in Texas Cemetaries
- Spier, Jacquelyn El Paso Murals
- Gradante, Bill Art Among the Low Riders
- Govenar, Alan Tattooing in Texas
- Doyle, Gerry The Flourishing Pen
- Hartzog, Martha The Art of the Cowboy Hat
- Gammage, M. E. The Art of the Cowboy Hat
- Price, B. Byron Gal-Legs and Goosenecks: Folk Art on the Texas Range
- Clayton, Lawrence Bill Barton: Putting Art in Saddlemaking
- Corbin, Diane H. The Textile Artist
- Allison, Sadie Williford Tatting
- Mason, Melvin Rosser Quiltmaking: A Creative Tradition
- Pehoski, Joe A Ring of Iron
- Peacock, Howard Pine Needle Art of the Big Thicket Indians
- Bailey, Ouida Day Born a Whittler
- Steinfeldt, Cecilia Texas Folk Artists
- Lowrance, Miriam A. The Itinerant Indian Artists of West Texas
- Stearman-Park, Glenna M. Jail House Rag
- Machann, Clinton "Uncle Pete" Drgac, Czech-American Folk Artist
- Mott, Michael Johnny W. Banks, Black, Man, Texan, Artist
- Jordan, Sandra Alice Dickerson Montemayor of Laredo
- Sackton, Alexander Eddie Arning: Texas Folk Artist
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- Southern Methodist University Press Publisher of print version, Dallas
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University of North Texas. Libraries.
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: Folk Art in Texas
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 45
Description
This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Physical Description
203 p. : ill., ports. ; digital (epub and mobi files)
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"Number XLV."
This e-book has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. http://www.neh.gov/
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- UNT Catalog No.: b5808107 | View in Discover
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 45
- ISBN: 0870742108
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc970121
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- Folk Art in Texas, ark:/67531/metadc67647
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Texas Folklore Society Publications
This collection of Texas Folklore Society publications contains a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore.
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Out-of-print books related to Texas and Oklahoma history, made available as ebooks thanks to a Humanities Open Book Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence.
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Folk Art in Texas (Book)
This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
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- 2017
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- European Explorers in Texas, 1519-1689
- Spanish Texas, 1690-1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
- The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
- The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- Annexation, 1844-1846
- Slavery and Antebellum Texas Culture, 1821-1865
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- The Cattle Boom, 1865-1890
- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
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- May 2, 2017, 9:41 a.m.
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- United States - Texas
- United States - Texas - Polk County
- United States - Texas - El Paso County - El Paso
- United States - Texas - Smith County
- United States - Texas - Walker County
- United States - Texas - Dallas County
- United States - Texas - Tarrant County - Fort Worth
- United States - Texas - Travis County - Austin
- United States - Texas - Montgomery County
- United States - Texas - Robertson County
- United States - Texas - Harris County - Houston
- United States - Oklahoma
- United States - New Mexico
- Mexico
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Denton, Texas (University of North Texas. Libraries.)
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Abernethy, Francis Edward. Folk Art in Texas, book, 2017; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc970121/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.