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# Basket maker Mary Jackson
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/craft-in-america/extras/basket-maker-mary-jackson-gmziyi/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T19:34:48.000Z
- Description: Basket maker Mary Jackson segment from the MEMORY episode
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Craft in America, #ZZZ_Show_c673246a-8c90-499d-980f-62d4618ea1b8, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_c0b7059f-8838-434a-aa4b-df1ca72c2d01, #extra

Mary Jackson makes sweetgrass baskets that have been passed down to her from her ancestors. Originating in West Africa, this kind of basket making is an identifying cultural practice for people who were cut off from their own history, and has been a part of Charleston and Mt. Pleasant communities. Jackson uses sweetgrass, palmetto, pine needles and bulrush in her work.