<I>Lidded Cake Basket with French Knots</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1991
name: label: Created by
content: Mary A. Jackson, American, born 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A coiled sweetgrass cake basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The round, shallow basket (2017.82.6a) has a flat bottom and a removable lid (2017.82.6b) with rim that fits over top. Both the top of the lid and the bottom of the basket feature the same pattern: a center circle of darker colored pine needles surrounded by a wide band of lighter colored sweetgrass, then a narrow band of pine needles with French knots at regular intervals, another wide band of sweetgrass, another ring of pine needles with French knots, then a final ring of sweetgrass that extends to the sides of the basket and the rim 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: 2017.82.6ab
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 (2017.82.6ab): 2 15/16 × 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (7.5 × 28.5 × 28.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.6a): 2 11/16 × 10 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (6.8 × 27.2 × 27.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2017.82.6b): 1 × 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (2.5 × 28.5 × 28.5 cm)