Tsimshian "ALASKA" Basket with Fluted Rim phillipines you should seriously look at

you should seriously look at this basket

Ixtlan del Rio style couple standing on broad oversized feet

of blade 5"

Most of the braided cordage is native made although the wrapping on the horizontal pieces is commercial cord and one small area has commercial cord mixed with the native cordage

which was woven along the Oregon and Washington Coast from the area around the mouth of the Columbia River to as far north as the Quinault

Tsimshian "ALASKA" Basket with Fluted Rim phillipines you should seriously look atThis is a wonderful basket. It has an organic shape, reminiscent of flower buds, or seed heads, with its undulating top. A very Victorian shape. It has "Alaska" woven across the body in very large ornate letters. It really makes a statement. And it is in excellent shape. H. 5 "; D. at rim 7" c. 1910 #8385