c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds decorative swallows or maybe great color

or maybe great color

I think Chas must have be a pretty privileged child to have such a fine slate

pencil drawn then painted in super bright pink and yellow

I've had a couple of these wonderful old boxing toys in the shop

I think the black and white stripes and swirl patterns of the inlaid glass are fantastic (it feels as if that glass was just destined to become this bat) and then that face

c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds decorative swallows or maybe great colorMakah and Nootka Northwest Coast Native American baskets (Vancouver Island northern Washington) are my very favorites typically small and very finely woven of bear grass with cedar bark rims and plaited bases; I always look for them, but they are most often priced beyond my reach. The production of these "trinket" baskets became a cottage industry in the 1860s and reached its height in the 1930s, which is about when I believe this one was made. Tw