A 1923 photograph of Native American women weaving cane baskets in Elton, Louisiana. |
Image Details »A Chitimacha basket and cover by Ada V. Thomas, made from Cane (Swamp cane/River cane), vegetal dye/dyes, and synthetic dye/dyes, in 1980. |
Image Details »This circa 1920 basket by the Chitimacha (exact maker unknown) features a lid, trunk shape, and "alligator entrails" design. |
Image Details »This Chitimacha tribe-made "Heart Shaped Basket" was made ca. 1920s from split river cane (arundinaria) with natural dye. Chitimacha basketry is so true to its tradition that a 100-year-old basket is virtually indistinguishable from one produced today. |
Image Details »Chitimacha Tribe members Melissa Darden, John Darden and Scarlett Darden made these baskets in respective order: "Double Weave Lidded Cigar Case with Mouse Track Design," "Basket Bowl with Fish Scales Design," and "Elbow Basket with Rabbit's Teeth Design." All are contemporary, and made of split cane with commercial dye. |
Image Details »Rose Langley, Ronald Langley, and Edna Lorena Langley of the Coushatta Indian Tribe, made these contemporary pieces, respectively: "Mask," of pine needles and raffia; "Fanner Basket," of split needle cane and commercial dye; and "Large Turtle Basket with Lid," with pine needles and pine cones. |
Image Details »Elissa "Liz" John, of the Coushatta Indian Tribe in southwest Louisiana, made this contemporary "Lidded Basket Jar" of pine needles and raffia. |
Image Details »From the early eighteenth century, Chitimacha basketry was highly prized for its quality and complex designs. The Darden family, in St. Mary Parish, is the standard-bearer for Chitimacha basketry, as seen in "Two Chitimacha Single Weave Baskets." |
Image Details »The Chitimacha are the only Louisiana Indians to continuously inhabit a portion of their ancient homelands throughout the Atchafalaya Basin. This "Chitimacha Single Weave Basket" shows the Darden family's signature weave of yellow and black cane woven under the rim. |
Image Details »"A Group of Five Vintage Coushatta and Alibamu Baskets," consisting of four figures in the form of a turkey, attributed to Maggie Poncho; a bird, attributed to Bel Abbey; an elephant and an owl; all coiled construction; and a small hinged, lidded hanging basket. |
Image Details »These split oak "Market Baskets" ca. 1900, are attributed to the Acolopissa Peoples from Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in southeaster Louisiana. |
Image Details »Cane basketry traditions persist in fewer than ten tribal communities in the southeastern United States, including three in Louisiana. These split river cane "Basket Bowls" with natural dye are made by the Atakapa Peoples. |
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Coushatta Baskets
Rose Langley, Ronald Langley, and Edna Lorena Langley of the Coushatta Indian Tribe, made these contemporary pieces, respectively: "Mask," of pine needles and raffia; "Fanner Basket," of split needle cane and commercial dye; and "Large Turtle Basket with Lid," with pine needles and pine cones. ZoomifyLearn more »
