Large-ish and Very Fine Late 19th C. Nootka/Makah Native American Lidded Basket mechanical valenting Hiram Campbell Merrill (1866-1958) was

Hiram Campbell Merrill  (1866-1958) was a Boston-born painter and engraver

but when I am out hunting for things I look at everything I come across in search of all things good

and leave it on the counter or sideboard otherwise just to admire

Carved of pine I believe from one piece of wood

Blue" out there

Large-ish and Very Fine Late 19th C. Nootka/Makah Native American Lidded Basket mechanical valenting Hiram Campbell Merrill (1866-1958) wasI will never get over my love of Nootka Makah Native baskets from the Pacific Northwest Coast, considered some of the world's finest baskets, and this is an old one, late 19th century, dated based on materials used (exclusively bear grass and cedar bark, with no raffia) and the manner of the rim and plaiting of the underside. The weave on this one is very fine and tight, and though the brightness of the original color has faded (as evident from