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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9559950, member: 8267&quot;]I don&#039;t immediately recognize either of these baskets, but have been pondering them. The technique and materials (raffia) of the second one resembles coiled baskets currently being made for sale in Madagascar, such as these -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.alexandalexa.com/us/en/p/180977-small-square-raffia-basket-with-leather-handles-mint-green/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alexandalexa.com/us/en/p/180977-small-square-raffia-basket-with-leather-handles-mint-green/" rel="nofollow">https://www.alexandalexa.com/us/en/p/180977-small-square-raffia-basket-with-leather-handles-mint-green/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.blackartdepot.com/products/aintsoa-madagascar-african-basket?variant=42560478478501" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.blackartdepot.com/products/aintsoa-madagascar-african-basket?variant=42560478478501" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackartdepot.com/products/aintsoa-madagascar-african-basket?variant=42560478478501</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first one resembles Lombok basketry, but the materials are not quite right. The single rod foundation looks like rattan, but the stitching on yours appears to be a soft material, such as raffia palm. Lombok baskets typically use rattan as both the coil foundation and stitching, which is harder and more uniform. </p><p><br /></p><p>Madagascar would be a place where Indonesian and east African features are often combined, and where some species of both rattan and raffia occur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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