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Mary Jane Bennett talks about selling baskets at fairs and shows.The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.
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Mary Jane Bennett talks about selling baskets at fairs and shows.Photo
Basketmaker from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Mary Jane and husband Jessie come from a long line of basketmakers. Mary Jane would make trips to Charleston as a young girl to deliver her mother's...Audio
Leroy Browne explains that pine needles in the area are the short needle pine and are not that good for basketmaking.Audio
Leroy Browne talks about the necessity of basketmaking.Audio
Resident of St. Helena Island, SC (Beaufort County). His father, George Brown, taught basketmaking at the Penn School on St. Helena Island in the early 20th Century. The school was founded in the...Audio
Leroy Browne explains the story of how baby Moses was found in a bulrush basket.Audio
Leroy Browne talks about when his father gathered bulrush.Audio
Leroy Browne explains the modern restrictions on gathering bulrush. He can no longer freely go in the creek and marsh to gather materials since the lands are protected.Audio
Researcher Dale Rosengarten reads a passage from a Penn School program dating the first year that basketmaking was taught at the school.Audio
Leroy Browne explains how the bulrush was dried, but the palmetto was kept green.