<I>Lidded Sewing Basket with French Knots</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1985
name: label: Created by
content: Mary A. Jackson, American, born 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The short, round basket (2017.82.10a) has a removable lid (2017.82.10b) with a rim that extends down to fit over the top lip of the basket. Incorporated into the pattern on the lid are two circles of raised French knots. The basket has a flat, circular bottom and a short top lip formed by one coil. The sides angle sharply out from both the base and the lip to be widest at the center of the body. Pine needles cover the exterior of the basket with different striations of color formed by the darker-colored pine needles contrasting with lighter-colored palmetto wrappings.
place: label: Place made
content: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Folklife
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juliette Bethea in memory of Flora Wilson Bethea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.82.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: baskets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: sweetgrass, pine needles, palmetto fronds, bulrush
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.10ab): 5 1/8 × 10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (13 × 26.5 × 26.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.10a): 4 1/2 × 10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (11.5 × 26.5 × 26.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.10b): 1 3/8 × 7 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (3.5 × 19.5 × 19.5 cm)