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Rosaline Medford and Coushatta

Basket

Coushatta, 1933-1966

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Basket

Coushatta, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Pine needles, pine cone, fiber, dye, 2 7/8 × 4 3/8 in. (7.3 × 11.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Carol Vaughn, Silver Spring, Maryland
Object Number 1994.118a-b
Pine cone 'petals' in a circle on lid top Basket made of bundled and coiled pine needles held together with plaited fibers. Fitted lid is the same with an ornament of pine cone 'petals' in a circle around the top. Fiber at the top center of the lid is dyed orange.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1994; Carol Vaughan, Silver Spring, Maryland

Inscribed: Label inside from Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Elton, Louisiana

Artist/Maker

Rosaline Medford

2000–2000

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2000–2000

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