Jimmie Dinkins explains the first steps in the process of making a kudzu basket.
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Mary Jane Bennett talks about ancestry and heritage.
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Mary Jane Bennett other family members that weave.
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Jessie Bennett describes the places he looks for sweetgrass.
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Mary Jane Bennett talks about curing sweetgrass and bulrush.
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Basketmaker from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Mary Jane and husband Jessie come from a long line of basketmakers. Mary Jane would make trips to Charleston as a young girl to deliver her mother's...
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Leroy Browne explains how the bulrush was dried, but the palmetto was kept green.
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Leroy Browne explains where to find materials for the baskets.
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Leroy Browne explains the process of curing bulrush.
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Leroy Browne talks about gathering materials for class.
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Leroy Browne explains that pine needles in the area are the short needle pine and are not that good for basketmaking.