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@ National Museum of African American History and Culture

Description

A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The basket is deep and circular in shape, with a flat bottom and a wide rim curving outward from the top. The body of the basket is formed from four horizontal pleats that resemble the shape of the bellows of an accordion. A uniform vertical pattern is made by alternating bands of darker-colored and lighter-colored grasses.
Format:
Sweetgrass, Bulrush, Palmetto Fronds
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juliette Bethea in memory of Flora Wilson Bethea
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. American South
  4. Art
  5. Communities
  6. Craftsmanship
  7. Domestic Life
  8. Folklife
  9. Jackson, Mary A

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