TWO NOOTKA/MAKAH POLYCHROME TWINED LIDDED BASKETS
TWO NOOTKA/MAKAH POLYCHROME TWINED LIDDED BASKETS

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TWO NOOTKA/MAKAH POLYCHROME TWINED LIDDED BASKETS
Of classic cylindrical form, finely woven in cedar bark and bear grass dyed purple, red, pink, green and orange, the first decorated with eagle motifs holding arrows in claws, enclosed by bands of linked parallelograms, surmounted by a lid decorated with a band of linked parallelograms encircling, knob with radiating swirl motif, The second decorated with a band of "lightning" patterns, surmounted by a lid decorated with similar patterns
The first: 7in. (18.5cm.); the second: 5in. (14cm.) diameter (2)

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