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Listen: The Blues ProgramBanjo carved from wood made by Bill and Dale Cooey- Milton, Florida
Image Number
FA1416
Photographer
Saltzman, Riki, Collector.
Date
1988
Date Note
Photographed in April 1988.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1640, RG 158, Bill Cooey and Dale Cooey ; Box 5, FF 13
Series 1640, RG 158, Bill Cooey and Dale Cooey ; Box 5, FF 13
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Bill Cooey, a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of the Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey began to learn the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988.
Banjo carved from wood made by Bill and Dale Cooey- Milton, Florida
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