Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer 14" tall x 15 3/4"

14" tall  x 15 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" deep

This really lovely seated terra-cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me

Drawing paper size: 8 7/16" x 4 3/4"

Executed in crayon and pencil on lined paper

and very fun to arrange

Stunning Antique Northwest Coast Native American Fully Imbricated Basket, Presume Klickitat officer 14" tall x 15 3/4"This beautiful thing. There is some loss along the lip on one side, but still, such an exquisite thing I think, and overall really beautifully preserved, late 19th or very early 20th century I believe. Imbrication unique to Native American tribes of the lower Pacific Northwest and Cascades Plateau regions, most notably from the Klickitat, Cowlitz, and Salish is a decorative overlay technique on coiled baskets, created by catching strands of grass