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Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth

Basket

Makah or Nootka, 1900-1932

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Basket

Makah or Nootka, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Cedar bark, grass, 1 5/16 x Diam. 2 7/16 in. (3.4 x 6.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift from the Estate of Mrs. Edward C. True
Object Number 1950.157
Depicting whales and boats
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1950; Estate of Mrs. Edward C. True.
Dena S. Katzenberg, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," BMA, Sept. 18 - Nov. 13, 1977, p. 86, no. 16.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983, pp. 53-54.
Carolyn J. Marr, "Wrapped Twined Baskets of the Southern Northwest Coast: A New Form with an Ancient Past," "American Indian Art Magazine," vol. 13, no. 3, Summer 1988, pp. 54-63.
Carol Fallon, "The Art of the Indian Basket in North America," Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1975.
Sara Peabody Turnbaugh, "Native American Baskety," Cambridge, MA: Hurst Gallery, 1992.

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