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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4413235, member: 45"]Just an added comment. This has correctly been identified as an African basket, from Zimbabwe. But it's important not to confuse these with baskets from the Kingdom of Tonga, a Polynesian group of islands in the South Pacific, which also makes beautiful baskets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, they may not be producing many baskets in the near future, since the islands have been seriously damaged by the recent volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. Almost a month after the disaster, the extent of the damage still is being determined, as Tonga has been pretty much cut off from access to the rest of the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 4413235, member: 45"]Just an added comment. This has correctly been identified as an African basket, from Zimbabwe. But it's important not to confuse these with baskets from the Kingdom of Tonga, a Polynesian group of islands in the South Pacific, which also makes beautiful baskets. Unfortunately, they may not be producing many baskets in the near future, since the islands have been seriously damaged by the recent volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. Almost a month after the disaster, the extent of the damage still is being determined, as Tonga has been pretty much cut off from access to the rest of the world.[/QUOTE]
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