<I>Accordion Basket</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2003
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 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.
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: 2017.82.3
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, bulrush, palmetto fronds
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 11 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 × 27.9 cm)