Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 antique treen spice box so perhaps this portrait portrays

so perhaps this portrait portrays a passage from one rank to another

I’d guess 1940s or so—definitely it has some nice age to it

but it would also be great as a caddy for art supplies

I should have guessed

Antique Makah/Nootka, Pacific NW Coast, Bear Grass and Cedar Bark Oval Basket, c. 1900 antique treen spice box so perhaps this portrait portraysThis is a beautiful antique Makah Nootka Northwest Coast Native American open rim basket woven of bear grass and cedar bark, just about my favorite type of basket in the world. Much more common to find lidded examples of these, but I especially love long, oval shaped ones like with a finished lip, opening gently outward. Finely woven, with still very strong dyed color to the woven patterns running all the way around, and a fully plaited cedar bark