Basketmaker from Seneca, SC (Oconee County). Washington learned basketmaking from his father, who sold his baskets for around fifty cents each. Though he learned when he was eleven years old, Washington didn’t start selling his own baskets until he retired. In addition to baskets, his father would weave horse collars from tulip poplar bark. Interview conducted by Laurel Horton.
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Nathaniel Washington talks about different parts of tree.
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Nathaniel Washington talks about wetting the wood splits.
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Basketmaker Nathaniel Washington talks about the process of cutting the wood.
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Nathaniel Washington explains the steps in making baskets.
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Basketmaker Nathaniel Washington talks about laying out the ribs of the basket.
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Basketmaker from Seneca, SC (Oconee County). Washington learned basketmaking from his father, who sold his baskets for around fifty cents each. Though he learned when he was eleven years old...
