Burden Basket

NameBasket

Maker Martha Johnson

CultureAfrican American

Date1979

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

MediumSweetgrass, palmetto, pine needles

Dimensions22 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (58 × 30 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.1980.10.25

Object numberA.1980.10.25

DescriptionBasketry: coiled sweetgrass and pine needles sewn with palmetto. Tall basket of undulating form with nipple lid, attached to one side, handle at top. Light tan with brown coil detailing.