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![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0746616 "American preference hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, Cohos, New York and Talcott, West Virginia")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.074.6.6.16
- Title:
- American preference hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, Cohos, New York and Talcott, West Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Collectors and collecting, Antique collecting for men, and Axes
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0756616 "Kent style axe head in Jim Costa's collection, found in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.075.6.6.16
- Title:
- Kent style axe head in Jim Costa's collection, found in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Antique collecting for men, Axes, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0776616 "3 hewing hatchets in Jim Costa's collection")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.077.6.6.16
- Title:
- 3 hewing hatchets in Jim Costa's collection
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Axes, Collectors and collecting, and Antique collecting for men
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0786616 "Hewing hatchet in Jim Costa's collection, Westfield, New York")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.078.6.6.16
- Title:
- Hewing hatchet in Jim Costa's collection, Westfield, New York
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Axes, Antique collecting for men, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0796616 "18th century hewing hatchet in Jim Costa's collection, Radford, Virginia")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.079.6.6.16
- Title:
- 18th century hewing hatchet in Jim Costa's collection, Radford, Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Collectors and collecting, Axes, and Antique collecting for men
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0806616 "Hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, SW Virginia or Tennessee")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.080.6.6.16
- Title:
- Hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, SW Virginia or Tennessee
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Antique collecting for men, Axes, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0816616 "Unusual hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, Salem, Virginia")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.081.6.6.16
- Title:
- Unusual hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, Salem, Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Axes, Collectors and collecting, and Antique collecting for men
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0826616tif "American style hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, 1780, Greenbrier County, West Virginia")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.082.6.6.16.tif
- Title:
- American style hewing axe in Jim Costa's collection, 1780, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Axes, Collectors and collecting, and Antique collecting for men
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0836616 "Yellow mowing scythe in Jim Costa's collection")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.083.6.6.16
- Title:
- Yellow mowing scythe in Jim Costa's collection
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Scythes, Collectors and collecting, and Antique collecting for men
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0846616 "3 mowing scythes with natural handles in Jim Costa's collection")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.084.6.6.16
- Title:
- 3 mowing scythes with natural handles in Jim Costa's collection
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Antique collecting for men, Scythes, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0856616 "5 mowing scythes in Jim Costa's collection, 1830s-40s through early 20th century")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.085.6.6.16
- Title:
- 5 mowing scythes in Jim Costa's collection, 1830s-40s through early 20th century
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Antique collecting for men, Scythes, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
![["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com"]](/thumb/4224CostaJimPhoto0866616 "3 manufactured mowing scythes in Jim Costa's collection, 1800s to 1950s/60s")
- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Photo.086.6.6.16
- Title:
- 3 manufactured mowing scythes in Jim Costa's collection, 1800s to 1950s/60s
- Date:
- 2016-06-06
- Creator:
- van Buren, Zoe
- Contributor:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Subject:
- Scythes, Antique collecting for men, and Collectors and collecting
- Location:
- Summers County (W. Va.)
