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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10041827, member: 8267"]I think this one is from Ethiopia. Although I cannot find an exact comparable, the techniques and colors are consistent with other Ethiopian basket trays I have seen, such as this one on etsy -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/18102803/r/il/cfb0c6/4344796761/il_340x270.4344796761_ln2c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321434814/purple-and-pink-ethiopian-woven-wall?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=woven+ethiopian+basket&ref=sr_gallery-2-15&content_source=c64319adf53d9f4fc8d3b777430e20e5c095da21%253A1321434814&organic_search_click=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321434814/purple-and-pink-ethiopian-woven-wall?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=woven+ethiopian+basket&ref=sr_gallery-2-15&content_source=c64319adf53d9f4fc8d3b777430e20e5c095da21%253A1321434814&organic_search_click=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321434814/purple-and-pink-ethiopian-woven-wall?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=woven+ethiopian+basket&ref=sr_gallery-2-15&content_source=c64319adf53d9f4fc8d3b777430e20e5c095da21%3A1321434814&organic_search_click=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When were your parents in Africa?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Sorry, I just noticed you had said in an earlier post that they were there in the 1980s-90s. I am having trouble finding good comparables for this period - not old or traditional enough to be in museum collections, but different from current commercial and tourist forms. Not a period that is well documented.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10041827, member: 8267"]I think this one is from Ethiopia. Although I cannot find an exact comparable, the techniques and colors are consistent with other Ethiopian basket trays I have seen, such as this one on etsy - [IMG]https://i.etsystatic.com/18102803/r/il/cfb0c6/4344796761/il_340x270.4344796761_ln2c.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321434814/purple-and-pink-ethiopian-woven-wall?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=woven+ethiopian+basket&ref=sr_gallery-2-15&content_source=c64319adf53d9f4fc8d3b777430e20e5c095da21%253A1321434814&organic_search_click=1']https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321434814/purple-and-pink-ethiopian-woven-wall?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=woven+ethiopian+basket&ref=sr_gallery-2-15&content_source=c64319adf53d9f4fc8d3b777430e20e5c095da21%3A1321434814&organic_search_click=1[/URL] When were your parents in Africa? Edit: Sorry, I just noticed you had said in an earlier post that they were there in the 1980s-90s. I am having trouble finding good comparables for this period - not old or traditional enough to be in museum collections, but different from current commercial and tourist forms. Not a period that is well documented.[/QUOTE]
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