Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Elephant Ear Basket

Artist Alethia Foreman (American)

Date2012

Made/manufacturedMt Pleasant, South Carolina

MediumLongleaf pine needles, sweetgrass, bulrush, palm fiber

Dimensions7 1/2 x 12 x 12 in. (19.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

ClassificationsBasketry

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2012.60.3

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CONTEMPORARY

DescriptionFlaring bowl shaped basket with large loops sewn on outer surface. Constructed sides of sweetgrass, light tan fibers, on 5 rows of base, with bulrush on upper portion of bowl, and 4 sweetgrass coils forming the loops (or "ears") and one bulrush outer coil. Coils are stitched together with palm leaf fibers.