Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer The figure holds a long

The figure holds a long bowl

Executed in crayon and pencil on lined paper

Drawing paper size: 8 7/16" x 4 3/4"

but in good structural shape and not flaking

and very fun to arrange

Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer The figure holds a longThis beautiful thing. There is some loss along the lip on one side, but still, such an exquisite thing I think, and overall really beautifully preserved, late 19th or very early 20th century I believe. Imbrication unique to Native American tribes of the lower Pacific Northwest and Cascades Plateau regions, most notably from the Klickitat, Cowlitz, and Salish is a decorative overlay technique on coiled baskets, created by catching strands of grass