Interview with Seminole palmetto stem basket maker Marian Bowers and her apprentice Martha Jones

Fieldwork

Seminole Indians

Native Americans

Palmetto weaving

Basket making

Basket work

Basketry

Baskets

Interviews

Weaving

Personal experience narratives

Basket maker

Apprentices

Two audio cassettes. Apprentice Jones had to learn from Bowers to select, gather, and prepare stems, make six baskets, and learn cultural background. For more information, see S 1644, box 11, folder 21. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1640

1994-04-08

Florida Folklife Program

audiocassettes

sound recordings

Sound

a_s1640_23_tape35

S1640

23-24

Tape 35 (Box 23)

Tape 1 (Box 24)

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Bowers, Marian Cypress, 1912-2003

Jones, Martha, 1941-

Seminole Indian

Native American

mp3false

7065

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