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Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890
Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890

Uncommonly Large and Fine Makah Indian Basket with Canoes - Bird c. 1890

$ 578.16

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Antique American Indian Art, llc.
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Fine Native Northwest Coast Basketry
Very fine Makah - Nuu-chah-nulth Indian Basket Canoes
4 1/4" x 8"D
c. 1890
Makah lidded basket with strong colors and banded motif. Two Canoes and Four Birds on body, with five birds on li;.Tightly woven.
No Splits - No Cracks - No Missing Material - Strong Colors - Deep Patina
Excellent Condition - Fine weave - strong colors.
No Splits - No Cracks - No Missing Material - Strong Colors - Deep Patina
Excellent Condition - Fine weave - strong colors.
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The Nuu-chah-nulth inhabit the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Makah, are located across the straight at Neah Bay, WA. Both tribes made very similar basketry.
The basketry is done in in the closed wrapped twining technique, usually using the inner bark of the red cedar for the foundation warp and stationery weft, and using beargrass (Makah) or slough grass (traditionally Nuu-chah-nulth although the materials are often traded between the two tribes), both of which can be dyed with natural or commercial dyes.
180621-02
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