Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rachel Nash Law, Cynthia W. Taylor (Contribution by)Publish date:4/1/1991Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Tennessee PressISBN-13:9780870496721ISBN-10:870496727UPC:9780870496721Book Category:Crafts & HobbiesBook Subcategory:Weaving & Spinning, BasketsSize:10.09 x 8.02 x 0.67 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC4A5N0AJ9
Appalachian White Oak Basketmaking: Handing Down the Basket
In an era when baskets served as basic containers for gathering, transporting, and storing goods, many settlers in the Central and Southern Appalachian mountain region found white oak the best material for basketmaking. This book surveys the varied forms and techniques that evolved as basketmakers selected, prepared, and wove this wood. The authors display special appreciation of white oak...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Tennessee PressISBN-13:9780870496721ISBN-10:870496727UPC:9780870496721Book Category:Crafts & HobbiesBook Subcategory:Weaving & Spinning, BasketsSize:10.09 x 8.02 x 0.67 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC4A5N0AJ9
The Authors: Collaborators in research and writing since 1982, Law and Taylor were recipients of an Appalachian Studies Fellowship, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, in support of their documentation of Appalachian basketmaking. Both are educators and trained craftspeople with special interests in traditional arts. Rachel Nash Law has studied basketmaking in the United States and Europe. She has...
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