Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales Child's painting 10 inches tall by 4

10 inches tall by 4 1/2" wide with arms tight in

One eyeball (looks to be black glass) lost

8 1/2" wide x 8 1/2 tall x 1 7/8" deep

but when I spotted it (in New Hampshire)

with bold black letters and cut to an arrow at one end

Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales Child's painting 10 inches tall by 4Native 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