African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock I am pretty certain this

I am pretty certain this one dates to the 1960s as the others in the shop do

I've been on the lookout

While the tile shows its age in the form of scratches to the surface revealing the red clay below the glaze

Late 18th/early 19th c

due to the diminuative size of the paint cakes

African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock I am pretty certain thisI find this basket a deeply beautiful thing, in very large part for its very rich patina which is what won the dealer I purchased it from too, who lived with it for some 30+ years. It is African, from the Pokot tribe of Kenya I believe, and would have been used for grain and flour. Clearly very much used, with a leather carrying strap that wore through at center from the weight of carrying things in it. (One broken end was pulled through a hole in the