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Grant Recipient

Bilphena Decontee Yahwon

Craft Archive Fellowship
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2025

Fanning Rice: Tracing Windward Coast Basketry in the Lowcountry

This research traces the shared origins of Liberian basket weaving and Gullah sweetgrass basketry through the Windward Coast slave trade. It will explore how “fannuh” baskets, used for rice winnowing in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, served as both agricultural tools and vessels of cultural memory.

Organization Background

Photo credit: SHAN Wallace

Location

Baltimore, MD

EDUCATION

MEDIUM

Recipient of the Gallaher Family Award for the Craft Archive Fellowship

MATERIAL EXPLORATION

Grant amount

$5,000

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