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.