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Home > Exhibits > Celebrating 50 Years: An exhibition of folklife from the Commission Collection

Laura Solomon (b.1943)

  • Ripley Choctaw coil pitcher, 2003, White clay, 5 x 4 3/8 inches
  • Ripley Choctaw Beaded Collar, n.d.
Size 10 glass seed beads, nylon thread, and spring loaded clasp
7 x 9 ¼ x 1/8 inches
  • Ripley Choctaw Beaded Necklace (detail), n.d.
Size 10 glass seed beads, barrel clasp, felt, plastic and leather, 18 x 3 x ½ inches
  • Mare and Foal, n.d.
Cedar carving
  • The Race is On!!!, n.d.
Wood carving, 9 ¼ x 12 x 4 ½ inches
  • Ax in poplar stump with bird, n.d. Poplar, paint, 8 ¾ x 7 ¼ x 2 ¾ inches
  • Bluebird House on stump, n.d.	Poplar, paint, 10 ¾ x 3 7/16 inches
  • Untitled, (Peach seed carvings on platter), 2001
Cherry platter, peach seeds, metal, paint, glue, 10 x 15 x 4 ¼ inches
  • Pine carvings, late 20th century
  • Pine carvings, late 20th century
  • 1 inch Quartz Marble
  • 1 inch Quartz Marble
  • 1 inch Quartz Marble
  • Marble tin
  • Butterfly Basket, 1999
White oak, 13 x 15 7/8 x 10 ¾ inches
  • Cypress and iron seat for watercraft, 1998, 19 ½ x 15 x 20 ½ inches
  • Rooster, 1967-1977
Wood, 5 ¾ inches tall,
  • Baskets (6 nesting baskets), 1977
White oak, 9 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches
  • Wren, n.d. Wood and paint, 4 ½ inches
  • Turkey Track Quilt, 1974
86 x 72 inches
Celebrating 50 Years: An exhibition of folklife from the Commission Collection

Tennessee is fortunate to have a rich and vibrant history of folklife artists. This commemorative exhibition highlights a small selection of folklife objects purchased by the Commission over the years to preserve and document these art forms and their importance to the history and future of Tennessee.

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Phone: 615-741-1701

For accessibility accommodation requests including alternate digital formats, captioning, ASL, and assistive technologies please contact Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access, 615-532-9797.

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