<I>Unfinished</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Mary A. Jackson, American, born 1945
notes: label: Caption
content: Mary Jackson is one of the world’s most highly-regarded Gullah basket-makers and an exceptionally skilled basket artist. She is known for her exceptional craftsmanship, creating baskets that derive from traditional forms in highly sculptural and expressive ways.
label: Caption
content: This basket is a large, sculptural wall piece with an evocative sweetgrass spray and represents Jackson’s move into the purely sculptural realm of craft.
label: Description
content: A sculptural sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The basket appears unfinished, with a large, sculptural spray of sweetgrass loose on the front, proper left side. The sweetgrass spray extends from the top of the lip of the basket and slightly curves down toward the proper right side. The basket has a flat back and a narrow, round base with a loop for hanging. The basket features different striations of color consisting of lighter and darker colored palmetto and other plant fibers.
place: label: Place made
content: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Sculptural basket by Mary A. Jackson
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.50.2
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, bulrush, and palmetto
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (including spray): 52 × 25 × 4 1/2 in. (132.1 × 63.5 × 11.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (basket only): 22 1/4 × 22 1/4 × 3 in. (56.5 × 56.5 × 7.6 cm)