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Listen: The Folk ProgramAlphonso Jennings cutting strips of white oak to make a basket - Lamont, Florida
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Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series 1640, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Slides, Miscellaneous : 1992-1994 ; Box 17
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Ethnicity, African American
White oak basketry
Basketry
Craft
Domestic arts
Decorative arts
Handicraft
Basket making
Plant material cutting
Artisans--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
Material culture--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
African American men--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
African Americans
African American basket makers
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Alphonso Jennings of Lamont learned to make white oak baskets from his late grandmother, Lucreaty Clark, when he served as her apprentice in 1983. Ms. Clark learned the white oak basket tradition from her parents and in-laws. Following in his grandmother's footsteps, Jennings has gained a reputation of making finely-crafted, functional baskets that will last a lifetime.
His apprentice, Michael Steen of Monticello, says the baskets have been used in his community for generations. He began working with Jennings about two years ago. The intensive apprenticeship gives Steen an opportunity to further develop his basket making skills - skills he wants to pass on to his three sons.
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