Jinny Turman
Title
Jinny Turman
Subject
Folk Art, American; West Virginia; coal sculpture; coal carving; coal mining; labor history; historic preservation; Kearney (Neb.)
Source
Jinny Turman, UNK mock History Harvest, 2016.
Date
1980 - 2011
Rights
Creative Commons 4.0 License
Format
.jpg
Language
English
Coverage
West Virginia; Kearney (Neb.)
Collection Items
Coal owl statue
This is a small statue carved from West Virginia coal. Dr. Roger Davis of the University of Nebraska at Kearney gave the statue to Jinny Turman in 2013 as a gift since she came to UNK from West Virginia University. Davis received the owl from his…