Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia

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Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia

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Item Title

Randy Sprouse's seng hoe. [Photo]

Author/Creator

Photographer: Eiler, Lyntha Scott

Created/Published

June 26, 1996

Notes

Randy commented that the squeaking noise made by the head when he twists it acts as a turkey call.

Subjects

Summer
June
Gathering (commercial use)
Commercial gathering
Ginseng (Panax quinquefolia)
Seng hoes
Photo
Ethnography
Photographs
Molly's Mountain
Jarrold's Valley
Whitesville, WV

Object Type

still image

Medium

35 mm Color Slide

Language

English

Call Number

CRF-LE-C126-12

Part of

The Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008)

Repository

Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital ID

afccmns lec12612
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afccmns.lec12612