Mary Jane Manigault, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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sweetgrass basket maker
Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1913
Place of Birth: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 08-Nov-2010
Profession: basket weaver
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Mary Jane Manigault
- Mary Jane Manigault (June 13, 1913 – November 8, 2010) was a sweetgrass basket maker from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
- She began sweetwater basket-weaving at a young age, and the tradition has been continued by her children and grandchildren.
- The art of sweetwater basket-weaving is an important tradition in the Gullah culture and has been a prominent practice in communities brought over to the United States as early slaves.She was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
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