Rice fanner basket from Winea Plantation

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A coiled rice fanner basket identified as being made by an enslaved person on Winea Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina. The basket is shaped as a large shallow tray, with a short handle on one side and is made of reeds, rush, and palmetto fronds. The brim is frayed and unraveling.

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