Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishings

Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishings and a huge collection of animal-related art and objects from around the world

There is slight slumping due to construction

with dyed red and green grass used for the snake-like decoration

often decorated with geometric motifs as was this one

Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library Massachusetts that included mid-century furnishingsThis 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