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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4344932, member: 8267&quot;]Coiled baskets are often difficult to distinguish. Many cultures use basically the same technique, so it comes down to identifying the materials more than the design. I will try to articulate some of the things I am seeing. On stracci&#039;s basket, which I think is Tohono O&#039;odham, the stitches are very smooth and even. You can see a different striated texture on the black stitches, indicating the use of a different material which would be the devil&#039;s claw. Yucca and devil&#039;s claw are the usual materials used in Tohono O&#039;odham baskets.</p><p><br /></p><p>On your basket, the material appears coarser, and more easily frayed. I cannot see differences in the texture that would indicate a different material has been used for the colored stitches. Rather, it looks like the same material has been dyed to produce the brown and pink colors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape of the lids are also different. The lids on Tohono O&#039;odham baskets are typically flat, (sometimes with a central knob for a handle), with a lip that fits inside the body of the basket. Yours fits onto the outside of the basket mouth. This is a typical style for African basketry from the southern areas of the continent, although I am not sure that is where yours came from. Attaching the lid with a separate cord is another distinguishing feature.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be interested in seeing a view of the open mouth of your basket, to see how the rim is finished, and a close-up of the attachment cord. The materials on yours look closer to palm fibers of some sort. That is why I tagged Taupou, who is better at recognizing that material.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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