(a) Coiled basket. Raffia over pine needle bundle foundation. (b) Lid with dyed raffia floral decoration.
Donor:
Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Livingston, Polk County, Texas
Verbatim coll. place:
Texas; Polk; Livingston
Culture or time period:
Koasati
Maker or artist:
Doris Celestine
Collector:
Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council
Collection date:
September 10, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Used as a sewing basket. Even though pine needle baskets can be seen in use in nearly all the homes on the Reservation, they are put to the same uses as the neighboring whites would put them to. Men or women can use this basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 16.5 centimeters and (a)— diameter 26.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "asalakuka" = basket with hollow center. Remarks: Made by women.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)