Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library It's a little ceramic slab

It's a little ceramic slab rectangular vessel

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

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

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Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library It's a little ceramic slabThis 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