Accordion 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 deep and circular in shape, with a flat bottom and a wide rim curving outward from the top. The body of the basket is formed from four horizontal pleats that resemble the shape of the bellows of an accordion. A uniform vertical pattern is made by alternating bands of darker-colored and lighter-colored grasses.

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