Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales decorativer could stand for anywhere

could stand for anywhere

and dated to the mid 1930s

just what it needs to be

Framed: 10 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 1

7" w x 6" t

Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales decorativer could stand for anywhereNative American baskets of the Pacific Northwest Coast are my very favorite baskets of all, woven of bear grass, with cedar bark around the lip and plated into the bottom, and often featuring figurative imagery relating to whaling, as is the case with this small one from the Makah Tribe of the Northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, with three whales circling around the perimeter. The design on the lid suggests both rays of sun