Beautiful Antique Macah Beargrass and Cedar Bark Basket with Birds and Sun antique gameboard drawing connections between simple folded

drawing connections between simple folded shapes and things in the world--the moments abstraction and representation/signification meet

Nicely detailed fingers holding that bowl

but also in a crisp white one

which could easily be trimmed

and the younger just making his start

Beautiful Antique Macah Beargrass and Cedar Bark Basket with Birds and Sun antique gameboard drawing connections between simple foldedI have a particular love for Macah baskets of the Pacific Northwest Coast finely woven of bear grass and cedar bark, they are some of the finest baskets in the world, especially the antique ones, like this one, which I believe dates to the first decade or so of the 20th century. The Macah developed a cottage industry of selling baskets to tourists as early as the 1860s, highly valued now. Pretty uncommon to find one with an eagle on two opposite sides