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by Beth Hinson. Hinson is an International Studies student in the South Carolina Honors College at USC. This paper was written for the Fall 2007 class "Folklife in America." I have decided to address...
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A remarkable African slave craftsman in the Edgefield area, known only as "Dave," produced this pot, whose design is distinctly African in form. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
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A modern basket maker, Jannie Cohen, demonstrates her mastery of this ancient African skill. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
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A group of Penn School baskets, illustrating their many forms, as well as the beauty that made them an important craft that Sea Island residents could sell as the tourist industry began to expand in...
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The first basket teacher at the Penn School worked to revive and perpetuate the African basket making skills among the children of the Sea Islands. The baskets made had a wide range of utilitarian...
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Walter and Bernice Thompson discuss stewmaster Maxie Moore’s skill in making sheep stew.
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Wayne Parrish and Billy Wilkinson’s families made sheep stew.
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Walter Thompson shows the method for stirring sheep stew
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By Dr. Will Goins. Goins is the president of the Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina, a non-profit organization dedicated to Native American cultural issues...
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by Dr. Stephen Criswell. Criswell is Assistant Professor of English & Native American Studies at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. Filet of flounder, salt and pepper catfish, deviled crab...