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4 PCS, LOWCOUNTRY SWEETGRASS BASKETS & TRIVET

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4 PCS, LOWCOUNTRY SWEETGRASS BASKETS & TRIVET
4 PCS, LOWCOUNTRY SWEETGRASS BASKETS & TRIVET
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Description
American/South Carolina, 20th/21st century. Group of four handmade sweetgrass crafts comprising three lidded baskets and trivet woven of sweetgrass, pine needles, and palmetto. Apparently unsigned. Note: Sweetgrass baskets are a Charleston area tradition dating back to the beginning of rice cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Based in traditional African basketry, they were woven mostly by enslaved peoples as winnowing baskets to remove rice from it's chaff. The basket continues to be a cultural institution as Gullah descendents continue to harvest the materials, weave and sell the baskets in the Charleston City Market and along Highway 17 in Mt. Pleasant. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Approx. dia largest basket 9.5", trivet dia 11"
Condition
No apparent flaws.
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4 PCS, LOWCOUNTRY SWEETGRASS BASKETS & TRIVET

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Starting Price $100
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