Charleston Sweetgrass Baskets

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.

Charleston sweetgrass baskets.

Lowcountry sweetgrass basket earrings free shipping. With more than 50 resident gullah artisans the charleston city market is the very epicenter of sweetgrass basketry one of the nation s oldest and most beautiful handicrafts of african origin. Your guide to the woven wonders of the lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers highway. 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. Sweetgrass palmetto rose bouquet. Gullah sweetgrass basket medium triple loops serving dish sale. Gullah sweetgrass basket small tray sweetgrass double handle basket.

Charleston city market often referred to as the epicenter of the sweetgrass basket. Home grown hand harvested braided organic wildcrafted sweetgrass hierochloe ordorata about 1 ounce 2020 harvest. 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.

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. Sweetgrass baskets of the lowcountry. Sweetgrass baskets by cayetano stay in the loop three generations of sweetgrass basket weavers from mount pleasant sc.

Sweetgrass basket sewing was an important tradition among african americans on lowcountry plantations. Sweet grass baskets are popular keepsakes for residents and visitors alike. 5 out of 5 stars 143 143 reviews. A true charleston treasure.