Vtg. Sweetgrass Handled Basket Genuine Gullah Black Folk Art Charleston Pine
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Vtg. Sweetgrass Handled Basket Genuine Gullah Black Folk Art Charleston Pine:
$36.00
- Vintage Gullah sweetgrass basket from Charleston, Lowcountry made ca. 20 years ago.
- From my personal collection
- Measures 10\" high to the top of the handle, The body is 7\" wide, 4\" high. Use as a storage basket, or just to lend a warm feeling to your home
- 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. And note that the handle looks crooked since it\'s coming loose from the body on one side. A bit of hot glue will fix what ails it, but I didn\'t want to do this.
- Absolutely genuine and correct -- lots of look alike imports, but usually do not have the pine straw, the palmetto and course the real sweetgrass. The starting knot is another clue to the real thing. See photos.
- 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 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 the coastal south 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 Handled Basket Genuine Gullah Black Folk Art Charleston Pine:
$36.00