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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 114917, member: 55"]Until we hear from Taupou or Komo, I'll offer what I know:</p><p><br /></p><p>Although there is some disagreement, it is generally agreed that the technique of making pine-needle baskets originated outside the US (in the Canary Islands) especially as regards some of the more decorative rosettes (not present in yours); but a number of US tribes adopted the style, and have been making pine-needle baskets for 100 years or more. Most of those tribes are in the southern or SE US; Florida, or the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana for example. </p><p>The craft style has reached the mainstream crafting community, and kits and instructions have made the basketry style widely available. As a result, it can be quite difficult to determine whether a particular basket is native or non-native made; or to attribute it to a particular tribe - certainly I am not qualified to do that.</p><p> I do have quite a few pine-needle baskets in my own collection, and many I do know to be native-made, because they came from a reputable source, with documentation indicating the name and tribe of the maker. Absent that documentation, I would not be able to tell.</p><p> These do look similar to some that I have, but beyond that I can't tell you much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 114917, member: 55"]Until we hear from Taupou or Komo, I'll offer what I know: Although there is some disagreement, it is generally agreed that the technique of making pine-needle baskets originated outside the US (in the Canary Islands) especially as regards some of the more decorative rosettes (not present in yours); but a number of US tribes adopted the style, and have been making pine-needle baskets for 100 years or more. Most of those tribes are in the southern or SE US; Florida, or the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana for example. The craft style has reached the mainstream crafting community, and kits and instructions have made the basketry style widely available. As a result, it can be quite difficult to determine whether a particular basket is native or non-native made; or to attribute it to a particular tribe - certainly I am not qualified to do that. I do have quite a few pine-needle baskets in my own collection, and many I do know to be native-made, because they came from a reputable source, with documentation indicating the name and tribe of the maker. Absent that documentation, I would not be able to tell. These do look similar to some that I have, but beyond that I can't tell you much.[/QUOTE]
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