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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9718605, member: 8267&quot;]Another recent acquisition (in my efforts to get at least one of everything <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />). </p><p><br /></p><p>It may be &quot;tribal&quot;, maybe not, but most discussions about baskets end up here. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is made of woven telephone wire, which I most associate with Zulu baskets from South Africa. But their baskets are typically made either by a coiling technique using telephone wire as the stitching element over a heavier metal wire coil (&quot;hard wire&quot;), or by a complex braiding technique used primarily for bowls that result in spiraling designs. </p><p><br /></p><p>This basket is woven using a stake and strand technique in the tradition of wickerwork. Some groups in Southern Africa do wickerwork with various wood and grass elements, but I cannot find another example using telephone wire with this technique. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dimensions are approximately 10&quot; high (with lid), and 10&quot; at widest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The source said it had been in her grandmother&#039;s house for &quot;many years&quot;, and that her grandmother originally immigrated from Hungary. But she could not say when or where her grandmother acquired the basket.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is all I know. I am curious if anyone is familiar with similar examples. Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]471792[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]471793[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471797[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471798[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471799[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471801[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471803[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471805[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]471807[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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