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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12960864, member: 8267&quot;]In her book, <i>Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians</i>, author Dorothy Downs discusses the coiled baskets made by these groups. Archeological evidence suggests that the coiling technique was not indigenous to the southeast, but may have been introduced through contact with enslaved Africans who brought this method of basket making from West Africa. However introduced, Seminole and Miccosukee weavers adopted it for making popular souvenirs. Information gathered from weavers indicated that they were familiar with the use of both pine needles and sweet grass as coiling materials, and that the tradition had roots as far back as the 19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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