Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Habana It folds back up elegantly

It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with perfectly square sides

circa 1950

with its terrific orange and dark blue banded Art Deco style decoration against green body

I’d say pretty much every page of this beautiful unbound and uncut letterpress publication—which also includes a series of tipped in prints relating to the articles—is frame-worthy

6" tall x 5 3/8" at widest and in excellent vintage condition

Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Habana It folds back up elegantlyI 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,