DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Pine needle basket

NamePine needle basket

CultureCoushatta Tribe of Louisiana?

Place madeNorth America

MediumPine needles, pine cones, drief grass, dyes, varnish, metal (copper)

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (13.6 x 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.73ab

Object numberFA.2010.97.73ab

DescriptionRound basket (a) woven of bundles of pine needles and tied with dyed grass in green, light tan, brown, orange and teal blue. Lid (b) of similar construction has flat sides and top rises to flattened center. One immature cone secured there, and one at four quadrant points lower on top. All varnished, cones tied with copper wire. Possibly Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.