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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 311604, member: 45&quot;]Probably not what you want to hear, but this is a traditional style strainer from the Philippines.&nbsp; They&#039;ve been imported for years, so determining age is difficult, and probably not significant, since these are regularly found in thrift shops and the like, generally in the $.99 to $3.00 range. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want a reference, this identical basket is shown on&nbsp; page 93 of <u>The Techniques of Basketry</u> by Virginia I. Harvey.&nbsp; The caption says:&nbsp; &quot;A strainer from the Laguna Province of Luzon, the Philippines.&nbsp; Wide spokes were shaped to fit the weave, and a forked wooden branch makes a very sturdy handle, which is held firmly by the braidlike edge. (Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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