White woman buying baskets from an Indigenous woman, Seattle, circa 1911

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White woman buying baskets from an Indigenous woman, Seattle, circa 1911

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At the turn of 19th to 20th centuries, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets and carvings specifically for the tourist trade and were experimenting with form and design. Making baskets for sale became an import income source for many Indigenous families. In this photo, taken around 1911 outside a downtown Seattle store, a woman bends to ask a basket seller about her wares. The mats and baskets are Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka) in style.

Caption information source: "Northwest Coast Basketry,” by Silvia Koros for the Burke Museum, retrieved from https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/baskets/Teachersguideforbasketry.htm.

Webster & Stevens number: 8062

ID Number: 1983.10.7929

Date: 1911

Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer

Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.7929

Subjects: Indigenous Peoples, Northwest Coast Native Peoples, Visual Arts