Beautiful Antique Macah Beargrass and Cedar Bark Basket with Birds and Sun antique gameboard noticeable only when viewed exactly

noticeable only when viewed exactly straight on

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

but also in a crisp white one

Anne Waldman

Beautiful Antique Macah Beargrass and Cedar Bark Basket with Birds and Sun antique gameboard noticeable only when viewed exactlyI 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