woodworking tools, maker unknown, Union County, Georgia, late 1800s, scratch gauge, 18 x 3-3/4 in. overall; Lon Reid, Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, 1950s. Attached tag notes “Gauges for measuring chair rounds, made and used by Lon Reid of Choestoe, Union Co. (1885-1972).", chair maker’s gauges, hand carved wood, 7-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. overall; Lon Reid, Choestoe, Union County, Georgia, circa 1960, turner’s gauge, hand carved wood, rung end gauge, 5-3/4 x 1 in. overall; maker unknown, Fry, Fannin County, Georgia, late 1800s, owned by George Lanning, compass, light colored wood, 13-1/4 x 9 in. overall; maker unknown, Union County, Georgia, compass, dark colored wood, 1800s, 12-1/2 x 11 in. overall; Walter Shelnut, White Creek, White County, Georgia, 1960s, glut, dogwood, 11-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. overall; Holmes Guess, Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia, 1970s, wooden wedge or glut, hand-carved wood, 10-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. overall; maker unknown, Union County, Georgia, late 1800s, mallet, hand carved wood, 12-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. overall; shoemaking tools from North Georgia, mid-/late 1800s, shoe lasts, hand-forged iron example, 11 x 4-1/4 in. overall; hand-carved wood. 6-1/4 x 2 in. overall; Union County, Georgia, 1800s, Shoe rasp or peg tool. hand-forged iron, 23 x 1-1/8 in. overall; Shoe anvil, hand-forged iron, 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. overall; animal related objects, Union County, Georgia, 1800s, bear trap, hand-forged iron, 13 x 6 x 9 in. overall; Ben Hill County, Georgia, early 1800s, fleshing knife, blade stamped “SHUGERT” near handle, iron and hand-carved wood, 20 x 10-1/4 in. overall; attributed to southwest Georgia’s Wiregrass section, late 1800s, bullwhip, leather with decoratively carved wood handle, 144 x 1-1/4 in. overall
Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024