DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Basket with Lid
NameBasket
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CultureMakah
Dateca. 1916
Place madeWashington, United States, North America
Mediumspruce root, natural dyes
Dimensions2 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (5.715 × 9.525 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection. Gift of Dr. J. Monroe Thorington, Museum of International Folk Art
Object numberFA.1976.131.52V
DescriptionCircular basket; around edge shows scene of a return from a whale hunt; on lid is a long purple animal and bird with red triangular design in middle.
late 19th - early 20th century
c. 1920
c. 1920
1920s-1930s
c. 1920