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

Collections

United States and Canada

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.