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Basket weaving in Charleston faces loss to coastal development
In Charleston and Mount Pleasant South Carolina the sweetgrass basket tradition, a centuries old Black American art, is imperiled as upscale development blocks harvesting grounds and gates restrict access. Artisans travel to find grass, teaching widens to older generations while fewer children learn the craft.
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Charleston
S.C
Nikia Wigfall
Savannah
Wigfall
Florida
Cooper River
Mount Pleasant
South Carolina
U.S.17 Highway
Henrietta Snype
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
National Park Service
Snype
Alma Washington
Thomasena Stokes-Marshall
Society For Economic Botany