Alphonso Jennings making a white oak basket - Lamont, Florida

Title

• Alphonso Jennings making a white oak basket - Lamont, Florida

Image Number

• FA2600

Year

• 1994

Series Title

• General: Folklife Collection.
• Specific: Folklife Collection Series 1640, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Slides, Miscellaneous : 1992-1994 ; Box 17

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.



General Note

• 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.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• White oak basketry
• Ethnicity, African American
• Ethnicity, African diaspora
• Basketry
• Textiles
• Woven goods
• Craft
• Domestic arts
• Decorative arts
• Handicraft
• Hand weaving
• Basket making
• African American basket makers
• Artisans--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
• Material culture--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
• African American men--Florida--Jefferson County--Lamont
• African Americans
• Dogs

Geographic Term

• Jefferson County (Fla.)
• Lamont (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Jennings, Alphonso, 1962-

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: S1640B17BE.

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