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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3038772, member: 45"]The definitive key to identifying any basket is determining the material that it is made from, which is often difficult, takes hands-on experience, and is difficult to learn just from photos. But everything else (form, technique, design, etc.) can be copied by any competent basket maker, anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rather dull finish is important here, because it identifies this as being made from palm fiber, which differs from the materials that a similar Native American basket would be made from. So that, along with the different stitch used to join the top coils, and the way it is started, mean that it is African, most likely Zulu or a neighboring tribe, from South Africa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3038772, member: 45"]The definitive key to identifying any basket is determining the material that it is made from, which is often difficult, takes hands-on experience, and is difficult to learn just from photos. But everything else (form, technique, design, etc.) can be copied by any competent basket maker, anywhere. The rather dull finish is important here, because it identifies this as being made from palm fiber, which differs from the materials that a similar Native American basket would be made from. So that, along with the different stitch used to join the top coils, and the way it is started, mean that it is African, most likely Zulu or a neighboring tribe, from South Africa.[/QUOTE]
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