Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales wooden stoolk It will stand on its

It will stand on its own when the "leaves" of the tulip and open as shown

but I'd love to have met the person who made these clever folk art ashtrays marking the occasions (1952 & 1956)

It stands up on its own

Drawing area: 6” x 8”

applying a great command of the craft to articulating a very singular vision

Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales wooden stoolk It will stand on itsNative 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