Traditionally, Washoe utilitarian baskets, or degikup, were round, watertight baskets made to hold such things as acorn mush, pine nut soup, and a drink made from wild rhubarb. Degikup were …

Dat-So-La-Lee is probably best known for her degikup or “day-gee-coop” baskets. This type begins with a small, circular base, extends up and out to a maximum circumference, then …

Louisa Keyser (1850‱925), a prolific Washo basketmaker called Dat⁳o-la-lee, who invented the Degikup basket, was said to weave a unique narrative into each basket’s design.

Her signature degikup-style baskets—which typically start with a small circular base, extend up and out to a wide circumference, and then return to a smaller opening at the top—were made …

Meet Dat So La Lee, a Washoe basket weaver whose signature degikup style preserved her cultural heritage and offered a means of survival as she adapted to the American economy.

For countless generations, Indigenous artists have lived with, studied, and experimented with local plants to produce beautiful belongings. This degikup basket was crafted by one of the …

Louisa Keyser, or Dat So La Lee (c. 1829 - December 6, 1925) was a celebrated Native American basket weaver. A member of the Washoe people in northwestern Nevada, her basketry came …

Utilitarian, straight-walled, decorated coiled willow basketry is a Washoe tradition extending back thousands of years. Datsolalee brought international fame to the spherical Washoe degikup …

A degikup basket is a larger basket that has a small, circular base which then coils up and outward to a maximum circumference, which then decreases until the opening at the top is the …

In Degikup, Cohodas tracks the materials, techniques and historical development of degikup baskets by Washoe weavers. He also identifies and attributes baskets made to specific …