Charming Macah-Nootka Bear Grass Basket with Marching Black Ducks and Plaited Lid agate and gold cufflinks and with point values printed

and with point values printed on all of jack straws except for the straight ones

embodying the desire to carry information

) I have found no other like it out there anywhere

With the bar connecting them across the top (which makes for easy hanging)

) The eyes themselves

Charming Macah-Nootka Bear Grass Basket with Marching Black Ducks and Plaited Lid agate and gold cufflinks and with point values printedThis is a Macah Nootka, Northwest coast Native American lidded basket, among my very favorite baskets in the world. Here with what I believe are black ducks marching (rather than swimming) around the perimeter and specifically red headed ducks, the color on their heads faded over time, but visible as bright red on the interior. This one is unusual for the plaiting at the center of the lid (in addition to the plaiting on the bottom, which is common,