Add to ORKGThis pair of sheep, carved in basswood, was made by Ray Mann, a carver from Clay County. In 1922 Mann married into the Hall family of carvers. His father-in-law was Elisha Allen Hall, brother to carvers John and Ben Hall and uncle to Jack Hall. Having tended sheep as a young man, he translated his observations into carved farm animals. He started carving in the 1930s with John C. Campbell Folk School woodcarving teacher Murrial Martin and sold his work through the Folk School's woodcarving cooperative that became known as the Brasstown Carvers. In 1942 Mann was still carving; he is listed has having made almost $300 from his carvings that year