Basket: white oak, hen

Dublin Core

Title

Basket: white oak, hen

Subject

Allanstand Cottage Industries
Basket making
Handicraft

Description

This is a traditional Appalachian basket, made from white oak by an unknown maker. It was marketed through the Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1930s. This type of basket form was commonly called a hen basket, as it was used for gathering eggs from the hen house.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Permanent Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1930/1935

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

14568
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/14568

Date Created

2008-02-05

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

11.5" x 12.5" x 10"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Basket: white oak, hen,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/14568.