Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle pretty little vase and the repeating motif of

and the repeating motif of what appear to be smiling little faces (maybe offspring

or on top of a table

he's got incised round eyes and incised dots for whiskers

The box is stamped Phang Kim Tjoeng and Banka Blinjoe on the bottom

Coushatta Pine Needle Basket with Sculptural Handle pretty little vase and the repeating motif ofOver 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