Daniel D. Davies, native of Wales and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University\u2019s first Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Face jugs, a form of folk art, are so-called because human faces are shaped on them. Because the faces usually have exaggerated humorous or monstrous expressions, they are sometimes called \u201cugly jugs\u201d or \u201cdevil jugs.\u201d While it is unclear whether their origin derives from European or African traditions, Appalachian potters of both races were making them in quantity by the late 19th century. Early notable face jug makers included Charles Decker in East Tennessee, John Dollings in southeastern Ohio, and Cheever and Lanier Meaders in North Georgia. Face jugs may have been made to ward off evil spirits, or to scare children away from jugs containing moonshine. Often referred to as primitive art, they have become popular collectors\u2019 items and are found in many museums.<\/em><\/p>\n To learn more about Western Carolina University\u2019s Noble Nine Facejugs project please visit: http:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/about-wcu\/heritage-and-history\/<\/a><\/em> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_audio audio=”https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FaceJugs-Mx1-60.wav” title=”Face Jugs” image_url=”https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Daniel-Davies-e1498150380779.jpg” _builder_version=”3.11″][\/et_pb_audio][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.11″]<\/p>\n Hamilton Brown, Cullowhee farmer and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University\u2019s first Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lewis J. Smith, Farmer, North Carolina state senator, and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University\u2019s first Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n William A. Henson, Jackson County Sheriff and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University\u2019s first Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel D. Davies, native of Wales and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University\u2019s first Board of Trustees. Face jugs, a form of folk art, are so-called because human faces are shaped on them. Because the faces usually have exaggerated humorous or monstrous expressions, they are sometimes called \u201cugly jugs\u201d or \u201cdevil jugs.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_6483\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"]![\"Daniel](\"http:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Daniel-Davies.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> Daniel D. Davies, native of Wales and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University's first Board of Trustees.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nFace jugs, a form of folk art, are so-called because human faces are shaped on them. Because the faces usually have exaggerated humorous or monstrous expressions, they are sometimes called \u201cugly jugs\u201d or \u201cdevil jugs.\u201d While it is unclear whether their origin derives from European or African traditions, Appalachian potters of both races were making them in quantity by the late 19th century. Early notable face jug makers included Charles Decker in East Tennessee, John Dollings in southeastern Ohio, and Cheever and Lanier Meaders in North Georgia. Face jugs may have been made to ward off evil spirits, or to scare children away from jugs containing moonshine. Often referred to as primitive art, they have become popular collectors\u2019 items and are found in many museums.<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6485\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"]<\/a> Hamilton Brown, Cullowhee farmer and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University's first Board of Trustees.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6486\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"]<\/a> Lewis J. Smith, Farmer, North Carolina state senator, and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University's first Board of Trustees.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6489\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"]<\/a> William A. Henson, Jackson County Sheriff and member of the Noble Nine, Western Carolina University's first Board of Trustees.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nTo learn more about Western Carolina University\u2019s Noble Nine Facejugs project please visit: http:\/\/www.wcu.edu\/about-wcu\/heritage-and-history\/noblenine\/ <\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nRadio Moment<\/h3>\r\n[playlist ids=\"6661\"]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[599,2,3,6,10],"tags":[48,118,151,395,438],"class_list":["post-6495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-crafts","category-blog","category-culture","category-institutions","category-people","tag-art","tag-ceramics","tag-craft","tag-noble-nine","tag-pottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6495"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8105,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495\/revisions\/8105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}