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Jimmie Dinkins explains the first steps in the process of making a kudzu basket.

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Jimmie Dinkins explains the first steps in the process of making a kudzu basket.

Louise White's Photos | Digital Traditions
Louise White's Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Basketmaker from Awendaw, SC (Charleston County). White is one of several basketmakers who operates a stand to sell her baskets on Highway 17 north of Charleston. White judges a basket by how well its...
Leroy Browne's Photos | Digital Traditions
Leroy Browne's Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

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...
Gale McKinley Photos | Digital Traditions
Gale McKinley Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Gale McKinley learned to make fish baskets by watching her father and grandfather. Her dad, Juby McKinley, is seventy-three years old, and he learned split-oak basket making from his dad, Amos...
Gullah Baskets | Digital Traditions 1
Gullah Baskets | Digital Traditions
Episode 1

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Excerpt from the 1971 SCETV production "Gullah Baskets." This short documentary was narrated by James Clyburn and discusses the properties of sweetgrass, gathering techniques, and environmental...
Basket Design | Digital Traditions 2
Basket Design | Digital Traditions
Episode 2

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Grades: Higher Education

Snype and Washington discuss the innovations in sweetgrass basket design and the progression through various basket types. Video is provided by McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina.
Basketmaking Materials | Digital Traditions 1
Basketmaking Materials | Digital Traditions
Episode 1

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Grades: Higher Education

Snype and Eartha Lee Washington find more value and meaning in using the traditional sweetgrass than the more widely available bulrush. Video is provided by McKissick Museum, University of South...
Mazie Brown | Digital Traditions 5
Mazie Brown | Digital Traditions
Episode 5

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Mazie Brown describes a typical day at her basket stand along Highway 17. Brown talks of her history as a basketmaker and of her mother who also had a stand. From the "Row Upon Row" documentary...