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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10383912, member: 8267&quot;]Nice basket. You did alright with the identification - Akha people, from the northern border region between Myanmar and Laos. The wooden back serves as a sheath for a knife, although I cannot find any photos or drawings of how these were actually used. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some other examples -</p><p><a href="https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=2000.01.0047A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=2000.01.0047A" rel="nofollow">https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/collections/search-collection/details.php?a=2000.01.0047A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://livingobjectsgallery.com/shop/ethnographica/vessels/baskets-and-boxes/knife-basket-ac221/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://livingobjectsgallery.com/shop/ethnographica/vessels/baskets-and-boxes/knife-basket-ac221/" rel="nofollow">https://livingobjectsgallery.com/shop/ethnographica/vessels/baskets-and-boxes/knife-basket-ac221/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ethnic/items/1097459/Antique-Burmese-hunters-knife-sheath-basket" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ethnic/items/1097459/Antique-Burmese-hunters-knife-sheath-basket" rel="nofollow">https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ethnic/items/1097459/Antique-Burmese-hunters-knife-sheath-basket</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1828250343/vintage-akha-tribe-basket?ref=sold_out-2&amp;sts=1&amp;logging_key=55cf2f15ff1e92533d94ef3aaede12c5df8ec0b6%3A1828250343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1828250343/vintage-akha-tribe-basket?ref=sold_out-2&amp;sts=1&amp;logging_key=55cf2f15ff1e92533d94ef3aaede12c5df8ec0b6%3A1828250343" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1828250343/vintage-akha-tribe-basket?ref=sold_out-2&amp;sts=1&amp;logging_key=55cf2f15ff1e92533d94ef3aaede12c5df8ec0b6:1828250343</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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