Vtg. Sweetgrass Basket 5 Strand Handle Open Loop Center Round Gullah Genuine
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Vtg. Sweetgrass Basket 5 Strand Handle Open Loop Center Round Gullah Genuine :
$140.00
- Vintage Gullah sweetgrass basket from Charleston, Lowcountry made ca. 20 years ago if not before.
- From my personal collection and one of my favorites. No signed, but a good basket weaver based on the tightness of the basket
- Measures 11-1/2\" tall, about 9\" at the waist. Five strand handle, open side with tight loops.
- For rolls, Christmas balls, gourds, fruit, or just to admire.....
- I like to show a lot of pictures so buyers get an idea of exactly what they are getting. Over time, some of the bullrush/palmetto fronds do get dry and can split. See pictures.
- Absolutely genuine and correct -- lots of look alike imports, but usually do not have the pine straw, the palmetto and course the real sweetgrass. Marshes are disappearing with encroaching development in the Route 17 Mt. Pleasant area where the makers have lived with their families for generations which makes the raw materials more elusive and harder to source..
- It\'s a hard craft -- time consuming and rough on the hands. I consider it one of the last true expressions of folk art in the US. Only found in SC and hand crafted by descendants of the slaves who worked the plantations and rice fields.
- See for yourself!
- Ships at 3 lbs., well protected. Your choice of carriers, but priority probably works the best and fastest.
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Vtg. Sweetgrass Basket 5 Strand Handle Open Loop Center Round Gullah Genuine :
$140.00