Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 antique treen spice box and one could slip a

and one could slip a tea spoon through the hollow handle for carrying

The lid slides easily and closes tight

so perhaps this portrait portrays a passage from one rank to another

I’d guess 1940s or so—definitely it has some nice age to it

and developed a totally new range of hand-thrown earthenware pots

Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 antique treen spice box and one could slip aThis is a beautiful antique Makah Nootka Northwest Coast Native American open rim basket woven of bear grass and cedar bark, just about my favorite type of basket in the world. Much more common to find lidded examples of these, but I especially love long, oval shaped ones like with a finished lip, opening gently outward. Finely woven, with still very strong dyed color to the woven patterns running all the way around, and a fully plaited cedar bark