Gullah Fanner Basket

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

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

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Record ID

saam_2011.47.76

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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