Basket Help

Hi,
Trying to figure this basket out. the little pieces decorating this that I thought were shell are really plastic, the nuts or seeds are real. it is 7"H
Any idea where this would have been made?
Any information appreciated.
thanks for looking.

 

best left for Taupou weigh in on...

Those things look like slugs....?

 

thanks komoka!

lol, yes they do

 

My first thought too. And my second....

 

Some kind of pod?

 

u certain those creepy things are plastic ???

 

I am vaguely reminded of some sort of pod that used to wash up on the beaches of the Gulf coast of Florida about a millennia ago, but "nature" is not now, nor ever has been an interest of mine, so............................

 

no - they feel like plastic but looking at one with a loupe, maybe a seed pod like AJ suggested. here is a photo of where the holes are for the string, looks like fibre.

 

Carapace of a large beetle, such as Belionota species?

 

thanks.............I WAS off to eat my tea....................but I think I'll wait a while now.........................

 

Those bugs are actually quite pretty. My cat would love chasing them and playing them to death. Not sure I'd want one on my hat....

 

OOOHHH, shiny!

 

And they skitter and make noise - perfect cat toy.

 

Wow, thank-you all_fakes! I would never have guessed a beetle. So with the beetle parts on it, I would be safe to say this basket is from Indonesia

 

Not that I know much about baskets, but the combination of an Australian/Australasian beetle with that loose weave, makes me think New Guinea. That could be Papua New Guinea (PNG state) or Irian Jaya, the Indonesian half of the island. Or maybe even surrounding islands, like all those places with 'New' in the name, New Ireland, etc.