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SI-FP-1986-CT-173

LOGGER'S SHEET 

LOGGER: Martha Keiger
REEL NUMBER: 3 - side A
STAGE: Cultural Conservation
DATE: 06/29/86
PRESENTOR: Charles Camp
GROUP NAME: McCrobies - Split Oak Basketmakers
REGION/STYLE: Western Maryland Panhandle (Oakland, MD)
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PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 
James W. McCrobie, Sr. basketmakers (7th Generation)
Vida McCrobie [[strikethrough]] 7th generation [[/strikethrough]]

CONTENTS

1. The tradition is in its 8th generation in the McCrobie family
2. Baskets are made by hand from cutting the wood to selling it to the customer
(white oak splits)
3. A division of labor - he cuts the wood, she cuts all the ribs, she probably sells more of them (& collects the money to pay the bills!)
4. A long process - you have to let the wood dry out - done in stages
5. James McCrobie talks about learning from & working with his mother. Some parts of process are harder than others
6. Are the baskets you make the same as the ones that your mother made? yes.
make more smaller ones now because there is more demand for them
7. Special names for baskets - mostly named by use
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