Bill Davis braiding a belt from deer hide, 1988

Item Info

Title:
Bill Davis braiding a belt from deer hide, 1988
Date:
1988
Creator:
Andrews, Jesse
Description:

  • Caption by photographer (Andrews): "Bill learned to braid leather when he was a child. His father did not want him to learn that craft so he would take the strands of leather under the covers of his bed at night and practice braiding simply by feel. He could do any sort of braid from the most simple to making what he called a "rosette", a round knot woven from 16 strands of leather, seemingly with no beginning or end."

  • Print number: JA_POR_88-20

Location:
Virginia
Subject:
Rural men
Format:
Extent:
11 x 14 in.
Digital Collection:
Jesse Andrews Photographs
Source Collection:
Jesse Pyrant Andrews photographs and oral histories, 1973-2022
Series:
Bill Davis and Davis Family Series, 1976-2006
Provenance:
The Jesse Andrews photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011.
Rights:
No Re-Use
In Copyright
Rights Note:
This item is made available for research, scholarship, and private study. Copyright in this item has not been transferred to Duke University. For reuses of this item beyond those permitted by fair use or otherwise allowed under the Copyright Act, please consult: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/citations-and-permissions.
Identifier:
  • Photographer's print number: JA_POR_88-20
  • ref96_q8k
  • andrewsj
  • duke:176747
  • japph030020010
  • ark:/87924/r39882x5q
  • af3b6e73-c903-4d51-bfa1-51e5900c97c0
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