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Record #:
5822
Author(s):
Norris, Jeannie Faris
Abstract:
Born in 1919, Bea Hensley learned blacksmithing and the \"hammer language\" at the forge of Daniel Boone VI in Burnsville. Hensley's ornamental ironwork is known worldwide. He received a 1993 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving blacksmithing traditional techniques.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p75-76, por
Subject(s):
Blacksmiths--Mitchell County; Blacksmithing--Mitchell County; Hensley, Bea Ellis, 1919; Ironwork--Mitchell County
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