Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 doll with carved wooden head 1840s-70s or so)

1840s-70s or so)

Just so lovely

With a simple hanger of nails and wire on reverse

suggesting a good lot of handling

Maybe there was once a carved wooden rudder attached to the back

Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 doll with carved wooden head 1840s-70s or so)This is a beautiful antique Makah Nootka Northwest Coast Native American open rim basket woven of bear grass and cedar bark, just about my favorite type of basket in the world. Much more common to find lidded examples of these, but I especially love long, oval shaped ones like with a finished lip, opening gently outward. Finely woven, with still very strong dyed color to the woven patterns running all the way around, and a fully plaited cedar bark