Rib Basket
Small egg or rib basket woven with traditional Appalachian-style ears.
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Round Market Basket
Split basket with round base.
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Round Market Basket (Indian Valley)
Split basket sized for carrying butter to the nearest general store and bringing bought goods home.
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Schoolroom Blackboard
Blackboard used by the ten children of John William and Eliza Harvey Wertz in Aria/Huffville.
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Sowers Tool Chest
William T. Sowers used this chest to store tools he used on the Nannie Harman Howard house at 209 E. Main Street.
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Spinning Wheel for Flax
Frances Keziah Allen McNeil spun linen thread on this wheel for her extended family.
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Striped Cat Head Basket
Child-sized basket woven with pointed corners and bulging sides reminiscent of a cat’s head.
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Thomas Merritt King Gathering Basket
Thomas Merritt King wove this basket for gathering ears of corn from his garden.
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Thomas Merritt King Lunch Basket
Thomas Merritt King’s rib basket was sized to carry several children’s lunches to school.
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Tobacco Gathering Basket
White oak rib basket used for gathering crops such as tobacco.
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Two-Sided Game Board
Interior wall board repurposed as a reversible game board for “Fox and Geese” or “Twelve Man Morris.”
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White Oak Chairs
Lightweight and sturdy chairs built by Rufus Duncan.
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Wooden Churn
Wooden butter churn with lid and dasher.
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Wooden Document Box
Lewis Peter Booth kept his family’s most valuable papers in this document box.
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Wooden Swan
Selma Keith used both carved and painted details in creating this swan.
