Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer and some opium weights as

and some opium weights as well)

Executed in crayon and pencil on lined paper

Drawing paper size: 8 7/16" x 4 3/4"

The figure holds a long bowl

Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer and some opium weights asThis beautiful thing. There is some loss along the lip on one side, but still, such an exquisite thing I think, and overall really beautifully preserved, late 19th or very early 20th century I believe. Imbrication unique to Native American tribes of the lower Pacific Northwest and Cascades Plateau regions, most notably from the Klickitat, Cowlitz, and Salish is a decorative overlay technique on coiled baskets, created by catching strands of grass