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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 139855, member: 55&quot;]Older Makah did use smaller starts, but I don&#039;t think these are old enough for that to be very relevant. These starts look rather like Nootka (Nuu-Chah-Nulth) as opposed to Makah, but I&#039;m not real good at telling them apart, and I could be wrong.&nbsp; I think Nootka often used smaller starts also, or started without an obvious square of cedar-bark.</p><p>It is always safe to refer to them as &quot;Nootka/Makah&quot; if selling, because the styles are so similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dating is hard, because the dyes fade quickly when exposed to sun, so an old basket kept out of the light may look quite new, while a new one kept in the light may look quite old. Use of raffia indicates post-1930, and baskets older than 1930 do show variations in style that relate to the period in which they were made. But I might guess these are 1960s to 1980s, unless a better opinion comes along.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I really shouldn&#039;t guess at the age, but all three are quite elegantly done,</p><p>Here&#039;s an article from the Burke Museum.</p><p><a href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here are some Burke search results with lots of interesting articles;</p><p><a href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/search/?q=nuu%20chah%20nulth%20basket" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/search/?q=nuu%20chah%20nulth%20basket" rel="nofollow">http://www.burkemuseum.org/search/?q=nuu chah nulth basket</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Nuu-Chah-Nulth baskets:</p><p><a href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=134000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=134000" rel="nofollow">http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=134000</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Makah baskets:</p><p><a href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=133998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=133998" rel="nofollow">http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/collections/database/browse.php?ID=133998</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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