DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Sweetgrass and pine needle "John" basket
NameBasket
Artist or 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
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.
Artist not recorded
Early 20th century
Late 20th century
Late 20th century