Collecting White Cedar Logs | Digital Traditions
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Boozer explains how he obtains the white cedar for his duck decoys. Footage courtesy of SC Educational Television.Visit the South Carolina Department of Education for Visual & Performing Arts standards.
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Boozer explains how he obtains the white cedar for his duck decoys. Footage courtesy of SC Educational Television.Video
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Bennett relates how the children in her family would help her mother make baskets by beginning the bottoms.Video
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