Makah woven basket with whirling log design 3" x 2" ca. 1890s (CW3)

Fabulous hand-woven Makah trinket basket showcasing the whirling log design.  This basket's characteristics, date it 1890s.   In the 1860s, the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry producing trinket baskets. Through the 1930s, they wove thousands of small colorful baskets for sale. Eventually, plaited bases and rims and commercially available raffia replaced the more labor-intensive fully twined bases and twisted cedar bark. (Credit Burke Museum) DETAILS:Artist: UnknownMaterials: CedarSize: 3" diameter x 2" highCondition: Great - no obvious flaws. (CW3)