<I>Lidded Journey Basket with Handle</I>
date: label: Date
content: 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 tall, round basket is covered with an attached lid and has a wrapped central handle. Just under the lip of the basket, two coils rise up from the front and back of the body and are sewn together above the basket to form the single, central handle.The lid of the basket is interwoven to the body of the basket to form a hinge so that the lid may be lifted off to expose the inside of the basket, but not completely removed. The basket is composed mostly of sweetgrass in nearly the same light-colored shade as the palmetto wrappings. Pine needles form two narrow rings of darker color on the body, as well as at the center and top outside edge of the lid.
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
label: Topic
content: Foodways
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: 2017.82.8
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (41 × 21.5 × 16 cm)