Little Market Basket

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A coiled sweetgrass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The basket is oval shaped with straight sides and a central handle. The handle is formed by the coils from each side of the lip extending up and sewn together across the top of the basket lengthwise. Around the center of the body is a wide band of darker pine needles to contrast against the lighter grasses.

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