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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 5077883, member: 45&quot;]It appears to be an African basket.&nbsp; I have seen similar ones, with the same stitching technique that joins the coils, identified as being from Senegal and from Mali, in West Africa.&nbsp; That&nbsp;&nbsp; could explain the similarity to Gullah baskets, (which are made by descendants of the slave trade, who were brought to the U.S. from West Africa.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind, however, that this same type of coiled basket, with the wide weft strips that don&#039;t cover the bundled coils, is a common export today from Vietnam.&nbsp; It&#039;s made relatively quickly (compared to other baskets), and is sturdy, lending itself to a good candidate for an export item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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