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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 5962520, member: 8267"]Here is a nice little guide to dating Makah baskets, from the Burke Museum in Seattle:</p><p><a href="https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They are mostly talking about the materials used in the foundation which is plaited and then twined, using cedar bark, sedge, cotton string and/or raffia. The designs on the surface are created with an "overlay" technique, using fine strips of various grasses and bark. These design elements are wrapped around each foundation stitch during the weaving process. This creates the angled "raised design" you may be referring to, and the horizontal lines of wrapped stitches visible on the interior of the basket.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 5962520, member: 8267"]Here is a nice little guide to dating Makah baskets, from the Burke Museum in Seattle: [URL]https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/artists/trinket.html[/URL] They are mostly talking about the materials used in the foundation which is plaited and then twined, using cedar bark, sedge, cotton string and/or raffia. The designs on the surface are created with an "overlay" technique, using fine strips of various grasses and bark. These design elements are wrapped around each foundation stitch during the weaving process. This creates the angled "raised design" you may be referring to, and the horizontal lines of wrapped stitches visible on the interior of the basket.[/QUOTE]
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