<I>Lidded Cobra Basket with French Knots</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1992
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 has a flat, circular bottom and tall, round sides that widen as they extend from the base. The widest part of the body is about three quarters from the bottom. The basket then narrows again to form a circular opening with a straight, shallow lip that is the narrowest part of the basket. At the bottom, the body features a narrow band of darker-colored pine needles set in between two similar-sized bands of lighter-colored sweetgrass. The widest part of the body features a wide band of pine needles, ending slightly below the lip. The removable, circular lid has a rim that extends down to fit over the lip of the basket and a hole at the very top center. Most of the lid is sewn with pine needles, with only a very narrow band of plain sweetgrass towards the center. Around this lighter-colored band are six French knots of pine needles.
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: 2017.82.9ab
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 (2017.82.9ab): 9 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (24.5 × 26 × 26 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.9a): 8 7/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (22.5 × 26 × 26 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.9b): 1 5/16 × 5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (3.3 × 15 × 15 cm)