Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0070A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Effigy basket with lid (turkey) | |
| Culture | Coushatta | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Texas | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Pine (Pinus sp.) needles; Raffia grass leaves; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Effigy basket in the form of a turkey, whose hollow, oval body has a flat base and rounded sides that curve inward toward the rim; Corresponding oval lid is slightly rounded and has interior lip that fits inside basket's mouth; Both basket and lid are woven in open coiled technique over a bundle foundation; Warp material is pine needles and primary weft material is undyed raffia grass leaves; Turkey’s neck and head are fashioned from pine needle bundle that is coil-wrapped; Eyes are woven of dyed black raffia leaves; Tail is fashioned from lengths of raffia leaves that are looped through coils and extend out as fringe; Body is supported on pine needle bundle secured to underside, whose two ends are bent down to form the legs and the ends splayed to form 4 toes each, and all are coil-wrapped and secured to an oval coiled base. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.6, Width = 10.4, Length = 13.7 | |