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Chitimacha Bear's Earring Basket by Ernestine Walls Ernestine Darden Walls was a Chitimacha basketmaker who learned to make baskets from the women in her family. She was an accomplished weaver, and specialized in miniature baskets of great beauty. In the Chitimacha tradition, Mrs. Walls used only red, black, and yellow dyes to create the distinctive patterns, and created her baskets using split river cane. Mrs. Walls passed away ca. 1990. South Louisiana Native American Split Swamp Cane, Commercial Dye Photo: Thomas A. Wintz, Jr. Click the artist's name to open a new window with more information about that artist.   Artifact 9 of 856    Previous Return to Search Results Next  For this artifact, there are 2 related artifacts. Click a thumbnail image or a name of a related artifact to open a new window with more information about that related artifact. Click an artist's name to open a new window with more information about that artist. Chitimacha Double-Weave Storage Basket Split Swamp Cane, Natural Dyes by Ada Thomas Chitimacha River Cane Baskets Search Artifacts for within all exhibit artifacts only Decorative only Domestic only Instruments only Occupational only Ritual/Festive only Toys advanced search

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