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• Folklorist Bryson Strauss, announcer on Hell Or High Water, a weekly Southern Folklife show on UNC's radio station WXYC.
  
  
• Cristina Pablo Stoop of Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Guatemala, weaving the complex brocaded fabric used locally for women's blouses, or huipils. Photo Patricia Sawin.
  
  
• Gullah gravemarker from Beaufort, SC. Photo Drie Mendonca.
  
  
• Geetha of Kasunavahali with folklorist Tatiana Irvine. The photograph was taken in Kottebeta, Karnataka in South India, where Tatiana filmed her video "Not Far From Nagamangala."
  
  
• Alkaline-glazed stoneware jug by North Carolina potter John Goodman (see Charles Zug's book Turners and Burners or visit the North Carolina Pottery Center website for more information). Photo Charles Zug.
  
  
• Two students visit Vance County, NC, stone cabin as part of material culture course taught by folklorist Sally Peterson. The artistry of the stonemasonry is an example of an African American tradition that dates back to enslavement. Photo Josh Levinson.
  
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North Carolina potter Burlon Craig's kiln as seen through chimney peephole. Photo Charles Zug.

 

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• Portrait of "Hispanic" Elvis Presley on a wall at Graceland, his Memphis, TN home. Messages left here since Elvis's death in 1977 display ethnic characteristics of fans from all over the world. Photo Glenn Hinson.
  
  
• Fourth generation Seagrove, NC potter Archie Teague was known for his whimsical face jugs. In the last two decades, these jugs have enjoyed a new found popularity. Photo Glenn Hinson.
  
  
• Brownie McGhee, Piedmont blues musician of Durham, NC. For more information, see Curriculum alumnus Bruce Bastin's book Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast. Photo Dan Seeger.
  
  
• North Carolina potter Burlon Craig's kiln as seen through chimney peephole. Photo Charles Zug.
  
  
• Old Well on UNC-CH campus.

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