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circa 1950
maybe as a cloche over a head of garlic
best known for his viking figures
It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with perfectly square sides
6" tall x 5 3/8" at widest and in excellent vintage condition
Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Habana circa 1950I 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,
