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  • Collection: Objects

Basket

Small basket in pedestal shape with flaring rim. Reddish brown raffia with top bound and accented with dark brown.

Basket

Two-tiered basket with inner tray. Bamboo frame with fine bamboo weave in panels floral design on side panels brass pin to hold down top lid. Ch'ing Dynasty 19th century.

Basket

Bamboo frame oblong shape carved floral design on handles. Fine weave with design woven in and stained darker on brown background. Tray inside. Characters Lu Shou Fu (prosperity long life happiness) woven on lid inscription on inside "Hsia Men Ts'ao…

Basket

Words on top: "Fu lu ..." happiness prosperity

Basket

Tiny basket with a variety of weaves and sizes of raffia trumpeting shape on square base. Tan reddish brown and dark brown in color.

Basket

Winnowing basket

Basket

Rattan woven with bamboo edging. Woven winnowing basket or grain riddle; Bamboo lip is pegged together with hand-made wooden pegs; Rattan broken in several spots.

Basket

One circular basket of bamboo. A disc- or wheel-shaped basket made of 16 ribs of plaited bamboo strips that rise like petal shapes outward to form high sides then dip inward to a concave center that supports a circular receptacle. The 16 plaited…

Basket

Oval shaped woven reed basket dark brown color. The flattened base of the basket is shaped by a split piece of bamboo 5/8" wide pointed at both ends running the length of the bottom about 15.25" long. At right angles to this piece of bamboo are three…

Basket

Four stages of making a hexagonal basket (A) Height: 19" Circumference: 16.75" (widest) 12 strands of bamboo bent to form basic basket shape. Bamboo is held in place by fine metal wire. Bottom has beginning of weaving. (B) Height: 19" Circumference:…