c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds baby rattle painted the perfect red and

painted the perfect red and with a great drippy #4 painted on the hood in creamy white

I think the pointy yellow shards emerging from the mouth of this strange creature do a pretty great job of giving form to a shrill cry

)  I know from a couple of additional drawings I pulled from this is that Ackerley lived in Sing Sing

14 1/4” x 11 1/2”

though it shows some spotting and a couple of dark marks

c. 1930s Makah / Nootka Northwest Coast Native Basket with Birds baby rattle painted the perfect red andMakah and Nootka Northwest Coast Native American baskets (Vancouver Island northern Washington) are my very favorites typically small and very finely woven of bear grass with cedar bark rims and plaited bases; I always look for them, but they are most often priced beyond my reach. The production of these "trinket" baskets became a cottage industry in the 1860s and reached its height in the 1930s, which is about when I believe this one was made. Tw