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Sweetgrass Baskets and the Gullah Tradition Paperback - 2006 - 2005th Edition

by Joyce V. Coakley


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Seen on the roadways of Charleston County and in museums and galleries worldwide, handmade sweetgrass baskets have been crafted in the Christ Church Parish of Mount Pleasant, SC for more than 300 years.


An ancient African art, sweetgrass basket making utilizes sweetgrass, bullrush, pine needles, and palm leaves to create unique, handmade pieces. Traditionally, artisans use a piece of the rib bone of a cow and a pair of scissors as their only tools for construction. When English settlers founded Christ Church Parish in the late 1600s, they saw a place rich in natural beauty and ideal for harvesting rice, cotton, and indigo. Skilled agricultural laborers were needed, and consequently, South Carolina became the top importer of enslaved West Africans. Finding a landscape similar to their homeland, those who came kept many of their traditional practices. Today, the richness of the West African presence can be seen in Charleston's architecture, basketry, and ironworks.

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  • Title Sweetgrass Baskets and the Gullah Tradition
  • Author Joyce V. Coakley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2005th
  • Edition 2005
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC), Charleston
  • Date January 11, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780738518305 / 0738518301
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.58 x 0.36 in (23.42 x 16.71 x 0.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: South Carolina
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects African American basket makers - South, Gullahs - History - South Carolina -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005930507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.77
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