Weaving, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Artist: Cecil Sharp


Weaving, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Photograph taken during Cecil Sharp's folk music collecting expedition: British musician Sharp (1859-1924) and his assistant Dr Maud Karpeles (1885-1976) collected folk songs from the mountain singers of the Appalachians (North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), between 1916 and 1918.


Size: 4511px × 4189px
Location: World,North and Central America,Appalachian Mountains
Photo credit: © EFDSS/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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