Charleston Sweetgrass Baskets

Sweetgrass baskets of the lowcountry.

Charleston sweetgrass baskets.

Gullah sweetgrass basket medium triple loops serving dish sale. Your guide to the woven wonders of the lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers highway. Sweet grass baskets are popular keepsakes for residents and visitors alike. Today the art of sweetgrass basket sewing is alive and thriving at the charleston city market one of the oldest public markets in america.

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. Sweet grass represents all the good things in nature. Today the west african descendents keep the basket making tradition alive in mount pleasant. 5 out of 5 stars 143 143 reviews.

Flat sweetgrass fan style baskets were used during harvest season to separate rice from chaff. Charleston city market often referred to as the epicenter of the sweetgrass basket. Gullah sweetgrass basket small tray sweetgrass double handle basket. A true charleston treasure.

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. Lowcountry sweetgrass basket earrings free shipping. Sweetgrass basket sewing was an important tradition among african americans on lowcountry plantations. Sweetgrass palmetto rose bouquet.

Sweetgrass baskets and palm sweet grass basket making was brought to south carolina by slaves who came from west africa. Lowcountry sweetgrass basket earrings free shipping. Sweetgrass baskets by cayetano stay in the loop three generations of sweetgrass basket weavers from mount pleasant sc. Driving down highway 17 in mount pleasant sc one can spot quaint roadside stands.