Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle Londi for Bitossi but is also lovely just

but is also lovely just for display

is in excellent condition and measures 9 3/4" long x 2 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" tall

and by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) had become one of its most appreciated art forms

who seems prepared to orate

snapping closed at the top

Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle Londi for Bitossi but is also lovely justOver time, I've acquired (and happily sold!) a few different Coushatta pine needle baskets, but this one, with its dramatically twisting handle, may just be my favorite. The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles and raffia. In addition to the fabulous handle, this one features a lovely little woven raffia detail at the very center of the base