Extremely Fine 1870s-80s Macah Nootka Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Basket with Indigo Design (Some Damage) pretzel shaped 3 1/16 x 5 1/8

3 1/16 x 5 1/8

plus original authentication sticker

and the gestural lines around them

packed into an old Crystallized Ginger tin

backs turned and skirts hiked as they wade out

Extremely Fine 1870s-80s Macah Nootka Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Basket with Indigo Design (Some Damage) pretzel shaped 3 1/16 x 5 1/8This is the finest Makah Nookta, Native American of the Northwest coast, I have ever had in my possession, and I have handled a fair number and looked at many more than that. Hard to judge scale from photos I know, but the weave here is just impossibly tiny and tight. Stunning. And the banded patterns show the most lovely soft indigo blue; the original more intense purple is visible on the interior. 1870s 80s; there is a very good section on the Burke