Round, Lidded Coushatta Coiled Pine Needle Basket repeating This small but stunning antique

This small but stunning antique ginger jar

Elegant while delivering a great pop of color

with just a bit of wear to the gold lacquer

which is the smaller of two I purchased at a nearby consignment store

it feels quintessentially of that time

Round, Lidded Coushatta Coiled Pine Needle Basket repeating This small but stunning antiqueThis is a wonderful, finely made Coushatta basket of pine needles and raffia, probably late 20th century. The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles. This is an especially nice example, with the raffia coiling around the edge of the lid and woven detail at the very top. 4 1 2" diameter and 4 1 4" tall with lid and in excellent condition.