Finely Woven and Patterned Northwest Coast Native Basket, Presumed Antique Klamath-Modoc folk art carving with polychrome All approx 4 15/16" x

All approx 4 15/16" x 4 1/4"

but most of them were much less interesting

and I can just imagine him trying to sell someone something with his cigarette all the while dangling from his mouth

was carried atop the shoulders of other tribesmen to his mate

) I think the elongated

Finely Woven and Patterned Northwest Coast Native Basket, Presumed Antique Klamath-Modoc folk art carving with polychrome All approx 4 15/16" xJust my sort of basket, found in Maine but Northwest Coast Native similar in manner to the Makah or Nootka beargrass and cedar bark baskets I love so much and find more often, but this I believe Klamath, a tribal culture comprising Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Paiute people of the Klamath Basin region of southern Oregon and Northern California. This is a small one, but notable for the fineness and boldness of the patterning, including sun at the