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UNIDENTIFIED MAKER, NUU-CHAH-NULTH or MAKAH

Lidded Pictorial Trinket Basket, c. 1890
split cedar bark, natural and dyed bear grass, 2.5 x 4.5 x 3 in (6.3 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm).
unsigned.

LOT 103
ESTIMATE: $2,000 — $3,000
PRICE REALIZED: $1,800.00

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  • Lidded Pictorial Trinket Basket
Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah pictorial trinket baskets are finely woven with a double warp wrapping so that the design is visible on both the outside and inside of the basket. Lidded...
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Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah pictorial trinket baskets are finely woven with a double warp wrapping so that the design is visible on both the outside and inside of the basket. Lidded round or square trinket baskets were a nineteenth century innovation to take advantage of the non-native market. This lovely oval example depicts whaling scenes on both the walls and lid of the basket; each canoe has a crew of eight, and each crew has successfully harpooned a large whale. The basket’s colours are beautifully preserved, and the stitch count is about thirty per inch.


References: For a discussion of Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah basketry see Allan Lobb, Indian Baskets of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska (Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing, 1990), pp. 40-46. For a similar, larger basket see Sotheby’s Auctions, NY, May 19, 1998, Lot 612


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A Vancouver Collection.
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