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Basket Weaving, A Cultural Continuity
By Brenda Swann
Published: September 19, 2011
Last Updated On: September 22, 2011
Published: September 19, 2011
Last Updated On: September 22, 2011
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Seminole Mary Frances Johns demonstrates basket weaving.
Photo Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
Examples of different styles of Florida Native American basket weaving.
Photo Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
Long before Florida's earliest inhabitants developed pottery, they made baskets from pine straw and other plant fibers to carry and store food and other goods.
Sites buried in wetland muck and other anaerobic environments are the most likely to contain the remains of baskets that are thousands of years old, providing a glimpse of this ancient and skilled practice. Seminoles and Miccosukees continue basket weaving traditions today.
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