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  1. Desertau

    Desertau Well-Known Member

    I think that’s what this is, if not picnic then some sort of basket to transport food? The age too and value if any I’m not sure of? IMG_2024-09-29-233428.jpeg IMG_2024-09-29-233500.jpeg IMG_2024-09-29-233515.jpeg
     
    Desertau, Sep 30, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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  2. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

    Google Lens shows a bunch of similar, identified as Chinese Food Baskets or Wedding Baskets.
     
    Kronos, Sep 30, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    yup......... with prices all over the board !
     
    komokwa, Sep 30, 2024 at 2:58 AM
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Wicker tiffin (stacked food carrier), and I also found them as wedding tiffins.
    Several sites say they are made in Fujian. I don't know if that is true.
     
    Any Jewelry, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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  5. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    A similar one in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, documented as having been collected c.1925 in Hing-hwa, Fujian, China. (Note the similar metal hoop on top.) -
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    Smaller stacking baskets were used for carrying food for a variety of occasions, but larger ones may have been used as betrothal/dowry/wedding baskets holding gifts from the bride's family to the groom's family. These were usually made in pairs, to be transported hung on a shoulder pole.

    They are a traditional form that has been made for generations.

    https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/straits-chinese-wedding-basket-2/
     
    2manybooks, Sep 30, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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  6. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

    Do you have a pungi? :)

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    Rayo56, Sep 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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