Sweetgrass Baskets

Coil baskets of native sweetgrass and pine needles sewn with strips of palmetto leaf have been displayed for sale on stands along Highway 17 near Mount Pleasant since the 1930s. Handed down in certain families since the 1700s, this craft originally was used on plantations in rice production. Unique to the lowcountry, it represents one of the oldest West African art forms in America.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · United States