DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Sweetgrass and pine needle "John" basket

NameBasket

Maker Catherine Freeman (born 1920)

CultureAfrican American

Date1979

Place madeMount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States, North America

MediumSweetgrass, palmetto, pine needles

Dimensions9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23 × 19 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the International Folk Art Foundation, A.1980.10.9

Object numberA.1980.10.9

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionBasketry: coiled sweetgrass with trim of pine needles in 5 horizontal stripes; sewn with palmetto. Bark left on ends of pine form periodic knobs. Color light tan with brown.