Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African ceramic collection given a brutalist sort of

given a brutalist sort of a treatment

and some roughness to the interior lip (not visible when closed)

and “Precious and Other Stones Used in Jewelry”

almost rocky variegated exterior dramatically contrasting with silky smooth

Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African ceramic collection given a brutalist sort ofI 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,