Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales decorativer are American I believe

are American I believe

) Things like this make me very happy

just what it needs to be

I'm not sure I'm ready for a large scale still life with dead game

and 20 fathoms

Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales decorativer are American I believeNative American baskets of the Pacific Northwest Coast are my very favorite baskets of all, woven of bear grass, with cedar bark around the lip and plated into the bottom, and often featuring figurative imagery relating to whaling, as is the case with this small one from the Makah Tribe of the Northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, with three whales circling around the perimeter. The design on the lid suggests both rays of sun