Arminta Catherine Alderman Keith Market Basket
Market basket passed down through the Alderman/Vaughn family.
Market basket passed down through the Alderman/Vaughn family.
White oak split basket woven to serve as the Boyd family bassinet.
White oak rib basket woven with one flat side designed to hang on wall.
Dainty basket woven to hold a glass with cut flowers.
White oak ribs, rims, and splits were used to make this lampshade.
White oak basket featuring hand-carved ribs and a rim reinforced by an extra rod.
Double-rimmed rib basket woven from white oak.
Egg basket with extra rods and weaving strengthening the handle and rim.
Painted basket made from pounded white ash splits.
Largest of the three split baskets selected by the Tise sisters in 1921.
Small market basket made from pounded white ash splits for Marguerite Tise.
Painted split basket selected by the youngest of the Tise sisters.
Coiled rye straw basket with white oak lashing used as a dough-raising tray.
Small market basket with flared sides and rounded corners on the rim.
Split basket with rectangular base.
Small egg or rib basket woven with traditional Appalachian-style ears.
Split basket with round base.
Split basket sized for carrying butter to the nearest general store and bringing bought goods home.
Child-sized basket woven with pointed corners and bulging sides reminiscent of a cat’s head.
Thomas Merritt King wove this basket for gathering ears of corn from his garden.
Thomas Merritt King’s rib basket was sized to carry several children’s lunches to school.
White oak rib basket used for gathering crops such as tobacco.