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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10019202, member: 8267&quot;]I have not seen, and cannot find, similar baskets anywhere. The design technique with the rope applique is interesting. But based on the general style and the materials used (cowries, the colors selected for the beads), one of my first impressions is that they might be from Cameroon. This might be supported by [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER]&#039;s suggestion that the animal on the largest basket could be a chameleon. They occur widely in Africa, and have symbolic meaning among many groups. Here is a crested chameleon from Cameroon -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]503181[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.chameleons.info/l/trioceros-cristatus-from-cameroon-second-generation-in-captivity/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chameleons.info/l/trioceros-cristatus-from-cameroon-second-generation-in-captivity/" rel="nofollow">https://www.chameleons.info/l/trioceros-cristatus-from-cameroon-second-generation-in-captivity/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other region I considered is Papua New Guinea, but apparently chameleons are not found there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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