Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile 75” tall

75” tall

and the little bird delivers your smoke in its little beak

Super sweet with a bouquet of yellow or blue flowers springing from its body

While designed for storing chewing betel

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

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile 75” tallI 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