Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library There is slight slumping due

There is slight slumping due to construction

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

) I believe this particular basket may have been made by Marjorie Abbey Battise

Learn more about Coushatta baskets and basket makers here - http://www

Makah Pacific Northwest Coast Native Whaling Motif Lidded Basket for the library There is slight slumping dueThis 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