I wanted it bad,” laughs Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, a sixth-generation Gullah sweetgrass artist who lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Basket weaving is one of the oldest ...

One of Campbell’s favorite items in the store are the sweetgrass baskets. A Gullah tradition dating back to the 1600s, these baskets were used often for just about everything. Today, you can ...

Mary Jackson (b. 1945, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) is a basket maker who lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband Stoney. She makes sweetgrass baskets that come out of a tradition ...

Listen (Real 5:28) In a recent survey, 105 Mohawks, mostly women, identified themselves as active makers of fine ash splint and sweetgrass baskets. Prized through the generations as much for their ...