1960's KOASATI NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CIRCULAR BASKET

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Cripple Creek Auctions, Inc. 1960's KOASATI NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CIRCULAR BASKET COUSHATTA COILED PINE NEEDLE RAFFIA BASKET NORA ABBEY I am a Trading Assistant - I can sell items for you! This is a sensational 1960's HANDMADE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN COILED PINE NEEDLE & RAFFIA CIRCULAR BASKET made by NORA ABBEY A KOASATI INDIAN BASKETMAKER (ALSO KNOWN AS COUSHATTA INDIANS) of LOUISIANA This particular Circular Coiled Pine Needle basket was handmade by NORA ABBEY a well-known KOASATI INDIAN BASKETMAKER who has handed down her craft to her daugther Marjorie Abbey Battise who was inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center's Hall of Master Folk Artists in 1982 This Basket was made in a circular form and it is a Serving or Bowl Basket The Koasati are known for the Animal and Figural Baskets and their Pine Needle Baskets This basket measures approximately 10 1/2" inches in diameter and it is approximately 2" inches in height This Basket is made is a long-honored tradition of the Koasati or Coushatta Native American Indian people who make baskets from long Pine Needles gatd from Pine Trees and Raffia, River Cane and Pinecones. Traditionally, the men gatd the natural materials and the women were the basketmakers. Location: Koasati , An Upper Creek Indian Tribe speaking a dialect almost identical with Alibamu. The name appears to contain the word for 'cane' or 'reed,' and it has been suggested that it signifies "White Cane" During the middle and latter part of the 18th century the Koasati lived in one principal village, on the right bank of the Alabama River near Coosada, Alabama. Eventually part of the Tribe moved to the east bank of Sabine river, 80 miles south of Natchitoches, Louisiana, while a portion of the Tribe remained in Alabama and settled on the Red river. They were honest, industrious, and peaceful, and still dressed in the Indian manner. This Tribe was also known as COUSHATTA INDIANS The origin of the name Coushatta has several traditional derivations: One Belief is the name originally meant "White-Reed Brake" and came from the swamp cane that grew in the areas w the tribe usually settled. The cane was used in traditional basket weaving and for arrows and blowguns. The more popular legend is that a wandering band of tribesmen came upon a group of white men and were asked who they were. They misunderstood the question and answered "koashatt", meaning they were "lost", thus the "lost tribe" and the name. It is, however, accepted among tribal members that the traditional name for the tribe is Koasati. The 'Craft of Basketmaking' is synonomous with the Koasati Indians And Koasati Baskets are recognized world-over This Coiled Pine Needle and Raffia Basket w as handmade and handwoven in the 1960's. The patina helps validate the age. This Native American Koasati or Coushatta Handmade Coiled Pine Needle and Raffia Basket comes from a fabulous Native American Indian Collection of a Denver couple who collective Native American items for over 50 years. We are now liquidating their life-long collection. Their collection included many Navajo Indian Rugs, Baskets, Beadwork, Dolls, Indian Clothing, Indian Jewelry, Indian Drums, Original Native American Paintings, Handmade Native American Indian Pottery and so much more. We have already sold many items from this collection and we encourage you to look at some of our past auctions and we will be selling many more wonderful items in the future from this Denver Indian Collection. This Denver Couple traveled extensively and bought their items directly from the Indians and they traded with many different Indian T... read more

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