Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Sioux Indian writing supplies

writing supplies

75ʺd × 1

3 1/4" across at lip and 2 5/8" across at base

where it very well may have been squirreled away for many decades

MA that included fine objects from around the world

Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Sioux Indian writing suppliesI don't know a lot about the origins of this fantastic basket, but am pretty certain it is African, and possibly Tutsi, a tribal culture based primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, renowned for the baskets made by its women weavers. I believe a basket like this would have been made for the transport of goods, and that it once had a handle for carrying that was attached to the sides. I think it is truly an extraordinary object, with this wonderful bulbous,