Pretty Pair of Miniature Makah/Nootka Northwest Coast Native Sweet Grass Baskets antique pantry box the dovetail box is missing

the dovetail box is missing the edge trim on one end of its sliding top

looking simultaneously relaxed and a bit possessed

which would have matched popular decks of the time

three 50 foot cards

Pretty Pair of Miniature Makah/Nootka Northwest Coast Native Sweet Grass Baskets antique pantry box the dovetail box is missingI purchased these two little baskets separately, but they're both Makah Nootka, Northwest Coast Native, and I like the formal dynamic between the two one opening to the sky, the other with a downward angling lid with topple at center. The lidded one will nest inside the other, or the latter turned upside down will make a nice pedestal for the former. The open one is much older, late 19th early 20th c. I believe; the lidded one 2nd half 20th c. Open