Sweetgrass rice fanner with pine knots

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- Title:
- Sweetgrass rice fanner with pine knots
- Date:
- 2006
- Creator (Personal):
- Bennett, Ida Mae
- Description:
- Multiple views of a circular, flat sweetgrass basket with a handle made of pine needles wrapped in palmetto leaves; basket contains accents of pine needles throughout and artist has incorporated decorative pine knots; center of basket contains a combination of sweetgrass, pine needles, and bulrush, sewn with palmetto leaf; label on back reads "HAND MADE BY Ida Mae Bennett."
- Collection Title:
- Avery Research Center Sweetgrass Basket Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Topical Subject:
- Sweetgrass baskets--South Carolina--Charleston County, Basket making--South Carolina, Grasswork, and African American art--South Carolina--21st century
- Geographic Subject:
- Southern States, South Carolina, and South Atlantic States
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- 2006.001.001
- Date Digital:
- 2009-09-23
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 30801
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