c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds baby rattle Her maker did a pretty

Her maker did a pretty brilliant job with her crepe paper dress

Blouch of Lancaster

in very good

with a few surface tears on a couple pages

c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds baby rattle Her maker did a prettyMakah and Nootka Northwest Coast Native American baskets (Vancouver Island northern Washington) are my very favorites typically small and very finely woven of bear grass with cedar bark rims and plaited bases; I always look for them, but they are most often priced beyond my reach. The production of these "trinket" baskets became a cottage industry in the 1860s and reached its height in the 1930s, which is about when I believe this one was made. Tw