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: Feminist Law ProfessorsSouth Carolinian wins ?genius? award.
By Ann Bartow

2008 MacArthur Fellow
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson is a fiber artist whose intricately coiled vessels preserve the centuries-old craft of sweetgrass basketry and push the tradition in stunning new directions. A descendent of the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina, Jackson learned to make baskets at the age of four from her mother and grandmother, who passed on skills brought to the United States by their West African ancestors.
Read more here.
Below are photos of two of her sweetgrass baskets copied from this website:


Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).
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