Heart Shaped Basket, Basket Bowl
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.
Additional Data
Courtesy of | New Orleans Museum of Art |
Collection | White Cloud Collection |
Date | 1920 |
Copyright | Copyrighted |
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