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Makah/Nootka Basketry Jar
Makah/Nootka polychrome basketry jar with flying bird and flower motif. Fine weave over porcelain jar. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry producing trinket baskets.
These were very labor intensive, fully twined baskets of twisted cedar bark. Through the 1930s they wove thousands of the small colorful trinket baskets for sale. 6"H x 6"D
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Makah, Native American
SIZE: 6"H x 6"D
Makah/Nootka polychrome basketry jar with flying bird and flower motif. Fine weave over porcelain jar. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry producing trinket baskets.
These were very labor intensive, fully twined baskets of twisted cedar bark. Through the 1930s they wove thousands of the small colorful trinket baskets for sale. 6"H x 6"D
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Makah, Native American
SIZE: 6"H x 6"D
$1,100.00
Makah/Nootka Basketry Jar—
$1,100.00
Description
Makah/Nootka polychrome basketry jar with flying bird and flower motif. Fine weave over porcelain jar. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry producing trinket baskets.
These were very labor intensive, fully twined baskets of twisted cedar bark. Through the 1930s they wove thousands of the small colorful trinket baskets for sale. 6"H x 6"D
PERIOD: 19th Century
ORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Makah, Native American
SIZE: 6"H x 6"D
