Turtle Shaped Coushatta Pine Needle Hanging Effigy Basket black planter applied on the surface of

applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

head slightly turned and arms positioned at the top of voluminous skirt

the raven is a sacred figure in Northwest Coast native cultures

which I think makes them all the more appealing

Turtle Shaped Coushatta Pine Needle Hanging Effigy Basket black planter applied on the surface ofThis wonderful little turtle shaped Coushatta hanging effigy basket is made of coiled Louisiana native pine needles sewn together with raffia. (The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana recognized as a sovereign nation in 1973; today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton, LA, the seat of the tribal government.) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise, a member of a family of