Charleston Sweetgrass Baskets

Today the west african descendents keep the basket making tradition alive in mount pleasant.

Charleston sweetgrass baskets. Charleston city market often referred to as the epicenter of the sweetgrass basket. 5 out of 5 stars 143 143 reviews. Your guide to the woven wonders of the lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers highway. Sweetgrass baskets by cayetano stay in the loop three generations of sweetgrass basket weavers from mount pleasant sc.

Sweet grass baskets are popular keepsakes for residents and visitors alike. Lowcountry sweetgrass basket earrings free shipping. Sweet grass also known as ethnobotany and typically is found in the low country of south carolina georgia and northeast florida and is practiced by the gullah culture. Gullah sweetgrass basket small tray sweetgrass double handle basket.

Sweetgrass palmetto rose bouquet. A true charleston treasure. Gullah sweetgrass basket medium triple loops serving dish sale. Sweet grass represents all the good things in nature.

Home grown hand harvested braided organic wildcrafted sweetgrass hierochloe ordorata about 1 ounce 2020 harvest. Sweetgrass basket sewing was an important tradition among african americans on lowcountry plantations. Flat sweetgrass fan style baskets were used during harvest season to separate rice from chaff. Sweetgrass baskets and palm sweet grass basket making was brought to south carolina by slaves who came from west africa.

These functional baskets were used on the plantations and sold for extra income for the slave owners. Today the art of sweetgrass basket sewing is alive and thriving at the charleston city market one of the oldest public markets in america. For more than 300 years people in charleston have been weaving baskets using locally harvested bulrush a strong yet supple marshgrass that thrives in the sandy soil of lowcountry. Sweetgrass baskets of the lowcountry.