Rachel Nash Law & Cynthia W. Taylor

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 basket making. This book surveys the varied forms and techniques that evolved as basket makers selected, prepared, and wove this wood.

The authors display special appreciation of white oak basketry as an important dimension of regional material culture. In demonstrating how details of basket construction, technique and style can be linked to specific makers, regions, and ethnic traditions, the authors have created a resource essential for cultural historians collectors, and craftspeople.