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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 12951366, member: 301&quot;]Winner , Winner , Lobster dinner......................<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>She&#039;s a beauté ....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Makah, knob top...( don&#039;t grab it by the knob !!!!!!!!!!!..)</p><p>Good tight weave , good rim stitching, nice lid fit , excellent colors, lovely design !!!!!!</p><p>The designs are unique enuf...</p><p>I&#039;d say , sea critter of some sort , &amp; then , geometrics I don&#039;t understand !<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>( and if I can&#039;t read them....G-d bless anyone who can !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />.)</p><p>The Makah.....coastal fishermen ...... so the top design , is a wave !</p><p><br /></p><p>The size......that&#039;s big for a trinket basket !!!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The colors are strong , so it hid from the sunlight all this time !</p><p><br /></p><p>Around 1900 the Makah changed their designs from traditional geometrics to a more European friendly assortment of realistic images , which helped foster the tourist markets appetite .</p><p>This one is still a little transitional.</p><p>Also , earlier baskets of this type , had more grass on the base covering the red cedar checkerboard weave. As time went on , the grass became too time consuming and the cedar became dominant , covering most of the base.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be fine putting this little gem in the circa 1910 range , give or take 5 years...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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