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Granny's Sweet Grass Baskets Mt Pleasant SC
 
Granny's Sweet Grass Baskets - Mt Pleasant SC Granny's Sweet Grass Baskets in Mt Pleasant SC can be found along side of Rifle Range Road not too far from the Isle of Palms Connector. Granny is non other than Lorraine Gethers --- she is not only a grandmother, but a great-grandmother --- she has been making sweet grass baskets since she was a child ---she makes outstanding baskets and trays.
 
 
Sweet grass baskets has been a part of the Mt Pleasant community for more than 300 years. Brought to the area by slaves, who came from West Africa, sweet grass 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.  Mt. Pleasant, SC enjoys the distinction of being the only place where this particular type of basketry is practiced. During the old plantation days of the Old South, these baskets were used for agricultural purposes.  They also made extra money for the slave owners. The men made the large baskets from marsh grasses called bulrush -- these large baskets were used for grain storage, cotton, ... more

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