Gullah Fanner Basket

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Object Details

Artist

Lynette Youson, born Charleston, SC 1964

Exhibition Label

Much of the elegance of this basket is derived from its utilitarian form. The fanner basket is among the most traditional and earliest coiled baskets made by African Americans and was used to separate rice grains from husks. Lynette Youson began to sew scraps of grass at her great-grandmother's side when she was only five, and continues this family tradition today.

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha G. Ware and Steven R. Cole

Date

2002

Object number

2011.47.76

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Decorative Arts-Fiber

Crafts

Medium

sweetgrass, bulrush, pine needles, and palmetto fronds

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 24 1/8 in. diam. (8.9 x 61.3 cm)

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Department

Renwick Gallery

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7db7f7cc0-3580-4943-8379-348d30f400ea

Record ID

saam_2011.47.76