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5 PCS, CHARLESTON SWEETGRASS SERVING BASKETS

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5 PCS, CHARLESTON SWEETGRASS SERVING BASKETS
5 PCS, CHARLESTON SWEETGRASS SERVING BASKETS
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Description
American/South Carolina, 20th/21st century. Group of five handmade sweetgrass bread baskets woven of sweetgrass, pine needles, and palmetto. One labeled as being made by Charlotte Kennedy. Note: Sweetgrass baskets are a Charleston area tradition dating back to the beginning of rice cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Based in traditional African basketry, they were woven mostly by enslaved peoples as winnowing baskets to remove rice from it's chaff. The basket continues to be a cultural institution as Gullah descendents continue to harvest the materials, weave and sell the baskets in the Charleston City Market and along Highway 17 in Mt. Pleasant. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Approx. w. largest 16"
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No apparent flaws
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5 PCS, CHARLESTON SWEETGRASS SERVING BASKETS

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Starting Price $100
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