Macah Northwest Coast Native American Bear Grass Basket with Whales Child's painting plant a sprig of creeping

plant a sprig of creeping ivy in it

One eyeball (looks to be black glass) lost

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 plant a sprig of creepingNative 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