National Museum of African American History and Culture
Rice fanner basket
Unidentified · before 1863
A rice fanner basket identified as being made by an enslaved person on the South Carolina coast. The large shallow, round tray shaped basket is made of reeds, rush and palmetto coiled and woven together. A faded purple string is woven through the basket on one side and knotted inside the basket.
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