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

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.