10:41 am on Wednesday May 5, 2010
| Posted by Amanda Click
Sweetgrass baskets provide inspiration for Tanzanian neck braces
Image by Flickr user Will McNelis
It isn't easy getting medical supplies in the middle of the Tanzanian bush, but thanks to a Medical University of South Carolina neurosurgeon inspired by the sweetgrass baskets made in the Lowcountry, both neck braces and a new source of income are available in the small village of Haydom.