{"product_id":"210402-044-native-oregon-yamhelas-cedar-flower-basketry-by-c-s-newcomb-8-93-gopher-valley","title":"Olympic Pennisula Cedar Basket - \"Wall Pocket\" Makah \/ Quinault","description":"\u003cp\u003eDated August 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \"C.S. Newcomb 8.93 Cedar from Gopher Valley\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are uncertain is signature is of owner or maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall Pockets were often hung and displayed with cut wild flowers and this form is popular on the Olympic Pennisula and south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9\" x 10 1\/2\" V shaped with handle, brown 16\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rarely found form and style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegional History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGopher Valley is a valley in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Yamhill (Yamhelas Indian Tribe, part of the Kalapooian family) Indians, who have inhabited the area for over 8,000 years. They are one of the tribes incorporated into the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. In 1857 they were forced to migrate to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation created in Oregon's Coastal Range two years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earliest non-native settlers were employees of the various fur companies operating in Oregon Country, who started settling there around 1814. But it was the establishment of the Oregon Trail that led to significant migration to the area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877829042341,"sku":"210402-044","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p12329_i8_w1000.jpg?v=1757346167","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/210402-044-native-oregon-yamhelas-cedar-flower-basketry-by-c-s-newcomb-8-93-gopher-valley","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}