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Box 6

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Contains 13 Results:

Book Abstracts of Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of South Carolina Lowcountry, 2006

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains documents pertaining to the creation of the Grass Roots exhibition catalogue. The catalogue includes "photographs of baskets, sculptures, and paintings from the exhibition, and historical images and maps. Rosengarten as curator contributes chapters tracing the history of the Lowcountry basket and its African antecedents. Ethnographer Enid Schildkrout analyzes form and function over time in African basketry. Historians, anthropologists, art historians, a geographer, and a basket...
Dates: 2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 6: Grass Roots Exhibit Catalogue Publication / 6.1: Book Publication Reference and Resources

Grass Roots Catalogue Abstract and Book Order Information , 2008, 2010, 2013, and undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains documents pertaining to the creation of the Grass Roots exhibition catalogue. The catalogue includes "photographs of baskets, sculptures, and paintings from the exhibition, and historical images and maps. Rosengarten as curator contributes chapters tracing the history of the Lowcountry basket and its African antecedents. Ethnographer Enid Schildkrout analyzes form and function over time in African basketry. Historians, anthropologists, art historians, a geographer, and a basket...
Dates: 2008, 2010, 2013, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 6: Grass Roots Exhibit Catalogue Publication / 6.1: Book Publication Reference and Resources

Consultants: Jessica B. Harris, 2009

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Holds a New York Times essay by Harris, "You Say Potato, I Say Yam."

Dates: 2009
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art collection / Series 6: Grass Roots Exhibit Catalogue Publication / 6.1: Book Publication Reference and Resources
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