Sweetgrass Baskets Rose Marie Manigault

Sweetgrass basket-making has been a part of the Mount Pleasant community for more than 300 years. Brought to the area by slaves who came from West Africa, basket-making is a traditional art form which has been passed on from generation to generation. Today, it is one of the oldest art forms of African origin in the United States. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, enjoys the distinction of being the only place where this particular basketry is practiced. Here the descendants of slaves from West Africa continue the tradition.

The baskets being sold here are hand made by Rose Marie Manigault using the techniques handed down through their families for generations. Only the finest, hand picked sweetgrass, bulrush, pine, palmetto and other ingredients are used to create these treasures.

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