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Culture/People
Coushatta (Koasati)
Previous owner
Winnie Poncho, Coushatta (Koasati)
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Basket
Media/Materials
Cane (Swamp cane/River cane)
Techniques
Twill-plaited
Object Type
Food Gathering and Preparation
Native Term
a lim pa se'
Place
Near Elton; Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
Collection History
Collected from Winnie Poncho (Coushatta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.