Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish

Rare-Antique-Native-American-Nisqually-basket-ca-1900-open-undulating-rim-Salish-01-hx Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish

Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish
RARE AND BEAUTIFUL NATIVE AMERICAN NISQUALLY / SALISH BASKET. LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY. About 5″ high x 7 1/4″ diameter. Wonderful Northwest Pacific coast Nisqually / Salish basket with an open weave rim. Cedar root and probably spruce root coils. Imbricated decorations of beargrass, and dyed cherry or cedar bark. Base is formed of the same cherry or cedar bark. The Nisqually are a Lushootseed-speaking people, part of the Southern Coast Salish people, living near Olympia, Washington. Two small sections missing from the undulating rim. Structurally sound and sturdy, Rich, dark age patina (all visible in the images). A FINE AND RARE NATIVE AMERICAN NORTHWEST COAST ANTIQUE BASKET.
Rare Antique Native American Nisqually basket ca 1900 open undulating rim Salish