Basket for Harvesting Cotton, 1870-1930
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Harvesting cotton in the South before and after the Civil War required workers to go into the field and pick the fibers from the plant. Men, women and children spent hours bent over removing the raw cotton and placing it into baskets similar to this oak-splint one. The content of the fully loaded basket was then taken to be weighed and processed.
Harvesting cotton in the South before and after the Civil War required workers to go into the field and pick the fibers from the plant. Men, women and children spent hours bent over removing the raw cotton and placing it into baskets similar to this oak-splint one. The content of the fully loaded basket was then taken to be weighed and processed.
Artifact
Cotton basket
Date Made
1870-1930
Place of Creation
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
2005.16.66
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Oak (Wood)
Dimensions
Height: 22 in (sags lower on one side)
Diameter: 28 in (constitutes "footprint" of sagging item rather than simple diameter of upper rim. (CMD))
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