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

Stepped Lid Basket

Artist Barbara Manigault (American, born 1958)

Date2012

Made/manufacturedMount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States

MediumCoiled basket; sweetgrass, bulrush, pineneedle, palm fiber

Dimensions13 x 9 x 10 1/8 in. (33 x 22.9 x 25.7 cm)

ClassificationsBasketry

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

Object number2013.4

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CONTEMPORARY

DescriptionCylindrical coiled basket with 3 tiered stepped lid. Constructed of dark brown bulrush fibers (body, bottom tier of lid) and lighter sweetgrass (lid, bottom) and pineneedles (top of lid and bottom), coils sewn together with light colored palm strips.