Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile stoic and animated with its

stoic and animated with its outstretched neck and black painted mouth

The chest measures 10 7/8” wide x 8 1/8” x 9 3/4” tall

While designed for storing chewing betel

This 1902 first edition of “What’s What At Home and Abroad” by F

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile stoic and animated with itsI just love the silhouette of this mid sized vintage coiled basket, with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle. Those striped and checkerboard patterns created by way of the natural dyes are pretty great too, especially pronounced on the interior of the basket where their original saturation is preserved. I am not certain the origins of this piece, but based on color, shape, and the structure