Adding decorative elements can take your palm leaf baskets to another level. Use natural dyes or additional materials like ...

Transform vintage African baskets into decorative planters by placing potted plants inside them. This not only adds greenery ...

Weaving a link between American history and the African folk art of basket making is the focus of a trio of exhibits at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. The largest of the three, “Grass Roots: African Origins of ...

Looping strips of palmetto fronds through coiled sweetgrass is slow poison. Squinting in concentration ruins the eyes, forcing a nail bone through the grass wrecks the hands and bending over the ...

Many of us became familiar with Gullah culture through director Julie Dash’s seminal 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust. The first feature film by a Black woman to get general theatrical release, ...

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Among the many cultural traditions that link Africa and America, one of the most beautiful is the weaving of coiled baskets. This craft was brought from West and Central Africa to the American ...

“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” a traveling exhibition that tells the story of the beautiful coiled basket, will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from ...