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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 1153059, member: 45&quot;]It does resemble some Barotse/Lozi baskets in colors and patterns, but it isn&#039;t African.&nbsp; It is actually a &quot;Buka&quot; basket, from Papua New Guinea.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The basketry originated and gets its name from Buka Island, on the northern end of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is now considered a part of Papua New Guinea, but was formerly part of the Solomon Islands, and alternately under the control of Germany, Australia, Japan, the United Nations, and Papua New Guinea.&nbsp; Buka and Bougainville have been in the center of war and civil unrest for generations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The baskets, considered some of the finest in the region, are now made primarily in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, not Buka, but still called &quot;Buka&quot; baskets, (although some may still be made in</p><p>Bougainville.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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