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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.

Heart Shaped Basket, Basket Bowl

Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art

Heart Shaped Basket, Basket Bowl. Native American Basketry

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Courtesy of New Orleans Museum of Art
Collection White Cloud Collection
Date 1920
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