Northwest Coast Native Hazel Twined / Grass Coiled Sifting or Winnowing Basket Mann Japan Persian Hunter Circa 1642 11” wide x 68” long

11” wide x 68” long

it works summer to winter and with everything--I think it would be the perfect piece to wear with jeans and a t-shirt while throwing a pot or with a breezy linen dress to a farm-to-table dinner

It is made of a cotton warp (revealed as the red fringe at either end) and wool weft

yields a boldly graphic

I think these bright orange porcelain "Persian Hunter 1642" boxes

Northwest Coast Native Hazel Twined / Grass Coiled Sifting or Winnowing Basket Mann Japan Persian Hunter Circa 1642 11” wide x 68” longThis sifting or winnowing basket, presumed early 20th century Northwest Coast Native, would have been used for sifting meal, I believe, as the mesh at the center is quite finely woven. The strong frame or foundation of the basket appears to be hazel, around which grass is woven, while the sifting area is woven of a finely twisted natural fiber the same color just a shade darker than the grass. A beautiful and beautifully constructed object, this