Object Details
Culture/People
Coushatta (Koasati)
Artist/Maker
Rosabel Sylestine, Coushatta (Koasati), 1923-1998
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Rosabel Sylestine, Coushatta (Koasati), 1923-1998
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the artist in 1976; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Date created
1976
Catalog Number
25/5387
Barcode
255387.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Basket in the form of an owl
Media/Materials
Pine needles, raffia, pine cone/cones
Techniques
Coiled, stitched
Dimensions
30.4 x 20 cm
Place
Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271252