Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket host gifts Rectangular brush: 8

Rectangular brush: 8

and feel grateful

others simply pinned up

with some aging to the surface as accurately depicted in the photos

Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket host gifts Rectangular brush: 8This stunning Makah Northwest Coast Native American beargrass lidded basket, c. 1920s, features a whale and canoe design, repeated twice around the perimeter of the basket. Makah baskets very similar to this one, featuring a plaited cedar bark base and rim with cedar bark strip, are featured in numerous museum collections of significant Native American objects. The seasonal materials with which this basket was made are indigenous to the Olympic