Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer handwritten

handwritten

The figure holds a long bowl

and very fun to arrange

and some opium weights as well)

This really lovely seated terra-cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me

Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer handwrittenThis beautiful thing. There is some loss along the lip on one side, but still, such an exquisite thing I think, and overall really beautifully preserved, late 19th or very early 20th century I believe. Imbrication unique to Native American tribes of the lower Pacific Northwest and Cascades Plateau regions, most notably from the Klickitat, Cowlitz, and Salish is a decorative overlay technique on coiled baskets, created by catching strands of grass