Created by
Jackson, Mary A., American, born 1945
Date
1992
Medium
sweetgrass, pine needles, palmetto fronds
Dimensions
H x W x D: 16 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (41 × 21.5 × 16 cm)
Description
A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The tall, round basket is covered with an attached lid and has a wrapped central handle. Just under the lip of the basket, two coils rise up from the front and back of the body and are sewn together above the basket to form the single, central handle.The lid of the basket is interwoven to the body of the basket to form a hinge so that the lid may be lifted off to expose the inside of the basket, but not completely removed. The basket is composed mostly of sweetgrass in nearly the same light-colored shade as the palmetto wrappings. Pine needles form two narrow rings of darker color on the body, as well as at the center and top outside edge of the lid.
Place made
Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Type
baskets
Topic
American South
Art
Communities
Craftsmanship
Design
Domestic life
Folklife
Foodways
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juliette Bethea in memory of Flora Wilson Bethea
Object number
2017.82.8
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55e86a3e0-9f62-4e1c-bccd-9017c013b8e3

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