Turtle Shaped Coushatta Pine Needle Hanging Effigy Basket black planter the raven is a sacred

the raven is a sacred figure in Northwest Coast native cultures

while the pale blue underside of the neck has a texture suggesting waves

head slightly turned and arms positioned at the top of voluminous skirt

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

The wall pocket has a hole in the back for easy hanging

Turtle Shaped Coushatta Pine Needle Hanging Effigy Basket black planter the raven is a sacredThis wonderful little turtle shaped Coushatta hanging effigy basket is made of coiled Louisiana native pine needles sewn together with raffia. (The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana recognized as a sovereign nation in 1973; today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton, LA, the seat of the tribal government.) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise, a member of a family of