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Chitimacha Baskets
For countless generations the split cane basketry of the Chitimacha People has been known as the finest produced in the Southeastern United States. Living along the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, the basket makers of the Chitimacha formerly found the cane they use in their basketry nearby; today they sometimes must travel many miles from home because modern agriculture and pollution have destroyed most of the local cane. "Technological data from groups like the Chitimacha suggest that these arti
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