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  1. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Alright basket people. Looking at you Komokwa. About 4”-5” diameter. Picked up for a buck at a thrift store a few weeks ago. Sort of has the look but could be anything as far as I know. What do I have? Cute little basket either way. DB2CBD49-0579-4F83-A069-BD9C75D1AA04.jpeg 7DA12C0E-726F-4B90-B100-FE1E08ED52C8.jpeg 3A6D6758-E82C-440C-81BC-260C0C104839.jpeg B93B5AFF-1D6F-4DB2-B6C2-352F06DA9B2D.jpeg
     
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    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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  3. 2manybooks

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    I call those "George Wharton James" baskets, after the fellow who wrote a book on how to make "Indian" baskets in 1903. Started a hobby craze of coiled baskets made of raffia.
     
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  4. J Dagger

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    So “in the style of” made by a whitey. Could have been made at any time in the last 100 years or so?
     
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    Only loosely "in the style of". Not really a technique used by NA, and not a traditional material. So, a hobbyist (of whatever ethnicity), probably first half of the 20th cen.
     
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