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SKU: 260623-20

Makah Oblong Basket with Lid

$235.00

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ca. 1930

2.5" H x 3.875" L x 2.625" W

Hand Woven Oblong Shape with a Golden Tan Field and a Dark Brown, Red and Yellow Colored Geometric Design with a Matching Lid

In Very Good Condition

Makah oblong (or ovoid/oval) baskets with lids are traditional woven items from the Makah people (also closely related to Nuu-chah-nulth/Nootka styles) of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, particularly around Neah Bay.  Makah women have long excelled in basketry using local materials like red cedar bark (for the warp/foundation, split into fine strips) and beargrass (or squaw grass) for the weft, often dyed with natural or commercial (aniline) dyes for colorful patterns. These small lidded baskets, sometimes called "trinket baskets," were made for personal use and increasingly as a cottage industry for trade/sale to tourists and collectors starting in the 1860s–1930s.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Makah - Nootka - Quinault - Chehalis

Year Range: 1925 - 1950

Region: Pacific Northwest - and Alaska

Dimensions: 2.5 in3.88 in2.63 in

Category: Basket - Lidded

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