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Makah

Covered Box (Trinket Basket)

Makah, 1939-1949

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Makah

Covered Box (Trinket Basket)

Makah, 1939-1949

Physical Qualities Cedar root, grass, aniline dyes, 3 5/16 × 5 1/4 in. (8.4 × 13.3 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number 1953.220.B.71
Round, brown whale and men in boat on sides, red stripes and swastikas, brown centered star on lid. Twined.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:86
Dena S. Katzenberg, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," Baltimore Museum of Art, Sept. 18 - Nov. 13, 1977, p. 86, no. 19.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art of the Americas," New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973, ill. 302.

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