{"product_id":"turtle-shaped-coushatta-pine-needle-hanging-effigy-basket","title":"Turtle Shaped Coushatta Pine Needle Hanging Effigy Basket","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful little turtle-shaped Coushatta hanging “effigy” basket is made of coiled Louisiana native pine needles sewn together with raffia. (The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana recognized as a sovereign nation in 1973;  today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton, LA, the seat of the tribal government.) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise, a member of a family of well-known basket weavers, whose left-handedness results in the “backwards” stitch that this basket displays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe top of the turtle fits snugly to its bottom, but pulls apart to reveal the tiny interior nest-like interior basket, a brilliant secret hiding place!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearn more about Coushatta baskets and basket makers here - \u003cspan\u003ehttp:\/\/www.knowlouisiana.org\/entry\/coushatta-baskets\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68222736105603,"sku":"kzp1793840275284","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0399\/1171\/files\/turtle-shaped-coushatta-pine-needle-hanging-effigy-basket_1.png?v=1793840289","url":"https:\/\/wesroot.shop\/products\/turtle-shaped-coushatta-pine-needle-hanging-effigy-basket","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}