Eli Croft. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Camperdown, Nova Scotia. Active early 20th century.
Eli Croft made naive carvings of people, birds and animals. He also made carved crooked knives and furniture occasionally using ‘as found’ materials. Eli Croft was cited in ‘From the Heart’ (1983).
Ref: The Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. From The Heart: Folk Art in Canada. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 1983.
Ref: Marie Elwood. Folk Art of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1976.
Ref: Richard Field. Spirit of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1985.
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
