African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina Massachusetts Woman Suffrage With horizontal folds original to

With horizontal folds original to it and a bit of a shadow image on the paper

I really love the folkiness of these particular pansies

making me think it bore witness to at least one painting of the house or barn or garage near which it was perched

as it often most reflects the individuality of its maker

11 1/2" tall x 3" wide x 1 1/4" deep

African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina Massachusetts Woman Suffrage With horizontal folds original toI 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