Serving Baskets
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2 Country Basket Serving Bowls Vintage $14.97 |
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SERVE IT UP TRAY Longaberger MARKET STRIPE Fabric Basket LINER- NEW RARE Retired $29.95 |
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PFALTZGRAFF NATUREWOOD LARGE ROUND SERVING BOWL BASKET WEAVE DESIGN $23.99 |
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Applewood Serving Dish & Utensil Basket $9.99 |
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Longaberger Serve it Up Basket Liner Sage ~ L@@K ~ FREE SHIPPING $11.50 |
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Longaberger Long Serving Basket Liner Botanical Fields Stripe $10.95 |
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Fruit Dish Orna Lalo Design Fruit Bowl Fruit Baskets Serving Bowl Plastic New $76.50 |
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Fruit Basket Design 3D Fruit Flowers Serving Bowl w Lid $24.99 |
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Longaberger Oval Serving Basket liner in cream $19.99 |
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Longaberger Serve It Up Basket Liner In Sage -NEW In Bag- NR $6.00 |
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7 1/2″ BASKET WEAVE LOOK SERVING BOWL PFALTZGRAFF JAMBERRY $14.99 |
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Schall & Co.Basket Fancy Oval Serving Ice Cream Chocolate Mold Antique Pewter $49.99 |
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Longaberger 1996 Collector’s Club Small Serving Tray Basket set VGC + Extras $9.99 |
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Longaberger Small Serving Spoon W Basket $5.00 |
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Vintage White Porcelain Basket Weave PLATE 9″ Serving Decorative $7.99 |
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Silver Plate Twisted Wire Basket Serving Fruit or Bread Decorative Weave $19.99 |
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Vintage YEOMAN Silverplate Serving Basket Leaf Pattern $19.99 |
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Longaberger Hostess Serving Basket Vintage Ticking LINER Blue White RARE $12.99 |
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ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE CLARICE CLIFF FRUIT BASKET SERVING PLATTER 4 MUGS CUPS SET $100.00 |
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Manning Quality Bowman Copper Basket with Handle and 2 Glass Serving Dishes $24.80 |
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SAGE Green Square Bowl Spice Serving Basket Savanah Floral Liner Longaberger $114.95 |
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VINTAGE AMBER CARNIVAL GLASS, OBLONG BASKET WEAVE SERVING DISH $13.99 |
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METLOX POPPYTRAIL RED ROOSTER BASKET WEAVE SERVING BOWL WITH HANDLES $6.50 |
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J. KENT Fenton England Covered Serving Dish Fruit Basket Design $5.00 |
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Longaberger 2006 Heartwood Serving Bowl Basket Combo $99.99 |
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LONGABERGER SMALL SERVING BASKET COMBO $29.95 |
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Blue Floral Serving Divided Trays with Wicker Basket holder/carrier NEW $16.00 |
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Longaberger Fruit & Baskets OVAL SERVING TRAY Liner NIB $10.44 |
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Longaberger Med Serving (9×13) basket Warm Combo CF liner mint never used $104.99 |
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Longaberger Med Serving (9×13) basket Warm Combo Sage liner mint never used $104.99 |
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Longaberger Med Serving (9×13) basket Rich Combo Sage $104.99 |
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Longaberger Med Serving (9×13) basket Rich Combo CF $104.99 |
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Longaberger Med Serving (9×13) basket Rich Combo BF $104.99 |
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Black Plastic Deli Serving Basket $0.99 |
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VTG nautical UNIQUE wood FISH woven BASKET serving TRAY décor $24.95 |
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MINT Longaberger Bagel Basket Combo with Serving Solutions, Liner and Protector $99.00 |
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WICKER Wood BED BREAKFAST serving TRAY desk Magazine Holder Mail pocket BASKET $60.00 |
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Vintage Pyrex FireSide Naturals Basket Serving Dish New $9.99 |
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Vintage Pyrex FireSide Naturals Basket Serving Dish New $9.99 |
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Vintage Wooden Bread Bowl “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” Serving Basket Tray $4.95 |
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Longaberger Small Serving Basket Set Botanical Weave New $19.99 |
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Longaberger Heartwood Serving Tray Basket $64.00 |
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Longaberger SERVE AROUND BASKET COMBO SNACK BOWL SPREAD $82.46 |
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LONGABERGER SERVING SOLUTIONS BASKET SET- FITS 13″ BAKER – SHOP STORE SALE TODAY $87.99 |
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Nickel Plated Brass Salad Serving Set “Basket” $39.95 |
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THAI LAO HANDMADE STICKY RICE CONTAINER, MEDIUM BAMBOO SERVING BASKETS, NATURAL $18.98 |
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WEDDING CEREMONY GARTER, GUEST BOOK, PEN, RING PILLOW, FLOWER BASKET COLLECTION $41.98 |
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WEDDING CEREMONY GARTER, GUEST BOOK, PEN, RING PILLOW, FLOWER BASKET COLLECTION $53.48 |
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Longaberger Large Serving Basket $161.15 |
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Longaberger Basket Combo Serve It Up Serving Tray divided protectors two liners $125.00 |
Elsie Allen Baskets – A Step Into the Past
One of the master basket weavers of the Pomo Native American Tribe was Elsie Allen, the author of a number of how-to books in the art of Pomo basket weaving. She worked to preserve this art form that defines her people and Elsie’s descendants carry on that legacy today.
Born in 1899, Elsie was raised by her grandmother in the Cloverdale area of northern California. The young girl learned the art of Pomo basket weaving from her mother, Annie Burke, and her grandmother, Nellie Burke, as well as a number of other older Pomo women that congregated at the family home. These women spent hours weaving these items, which were given as gifts, sold, or kept as heirlooms.
At the age of eleven, Elsie Allen was captured by government authorities, who packed her off to a boarding school to learn the English language and American ways. She continued to practice her basket weaving craft while she was away to ensure that she would not forget the techniques that were taught to her by her family and people.
Elsie returned to her family as a young woman and took up weaving with her family right where she had left off. Once she had married, Elsie had to work a variety of jobs, such as a domestic and a farm laborer, which left her very little time to practice the craft that she loved. It was at this point that her mother Annie began to train Elsie’s children in this ancient craft.
An interesting tradition among the Pomo basket weavers included the burial of their baskets and weaving equipment and tools with them when they died. Annie begged Elsie to ignore this tradition as she wanted her daughter to have these items when she could begin her own basket weaving craft again. Upon Annie’s death, Elsie retained all these valuable artifacts and kept her promise to her mother.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Elsie Allen organized the Pomo basket weavers and began to write books describing the steps that are used in making these extraordinary items. The money raised from her writings and the baskets that the weavers sold was used to help Pomo families in distress, to set up Native American college scholarships, and to finance a large lawsuit on behalf of the Pomo tribe.
Elsie Allen also served as a Pomo activist, fighting for the reclamation of Native American land and struggling to establish equal rights for her people in a very biased 1950s California. She also began to teach Pomo basket weaving to anyone who wanted to learn, regardless of race. As many of her students were white women, her own people began to criticize her as undermining their way of life.
In 1972, Elsie wrote of her disappointment in her attempts to pass on the Pomo basket weaving craft. Very few of her students at this point were Native Americans, although the attention that her classes drew from universities did help the Pomo people to be accepted by the general population.
In 1980, Elsie Allen finally found an apprentice that could learn and pass on the art of Pomo basket weaving in the form of her great-niece, Susie Billy. This niece continues to teach Pomo basket weaving classes and has served as a collaborator on several books detailing this art form.
In 1990, upon Elsie Allen’s death, the collection of baskets and tools that belonged to Annie Burke as well as items that were added by Elsie passed on to Elsie’s oldest daughter, Genevieve Allen Aguilar. Genevieve has placed this valuable collection of Pomo artifacts on a long-term loan to The Mendocino County Museum, where the works of these incredible women can still be viewed.
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