For great introductions to the habitats and wildlife of coastal Georgia, watch the excellent videos 'Wild Cumberland' and 'Sapelo' available on the Georgia Outdoors website (www.gpb.org/georgia-outdoors). The PBS video 'Sapelo' on the Georgia Outdoors website features traditional basket weaving by island resident Yvonne Grovner. Yvonne learned this art from Sapelo's master basket maker Allen Green.
The fanner basket shown in the photo was made by Mr. Green. The design of the basket was for tossing up grains of sea island rice to let the breeze 'fan' the rice hulls from the grains.