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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 6646839, member: 301"]“<b>Coil-sewn baskets (agaseki) with conical lids were made by Tutsi women of the aristocracy</b>. The fine coil sewing and the precisely worked-out spiral patterns, many of which have names, were time-consuming and called for exact calculations in the stitching.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.beprimitive.com/assets/img/blog/blog-tutsi-basket-weaving-03-large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>you have to look very close at the weaving structure .....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/igiseke-big.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe yours is from Burundi...circa 1980.....or so..</p><p><a href="https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/product/igiseke/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/product/igiseke/" rel="nofollow">https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/product/igiseke/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>. <img src="https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/files/cache/b084e75891d3c682250ae97882e96cb8_f1729.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/archive/tutsi-basket/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/archive/tutsi-basket/" rel="nofollow">https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/archive/tutsi-basket/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 6646839, member: 301"]“[B]Coil-sewn baskets (agaseki) with conical lids were made by Tutsi women of the aristocracy[/B]. The fine coil sewing and the precisely worked-out spiral patterns, many of which have names, were time-consuming and called for exact calculations in the stitching. [IMG]https://www.beprimitive.com/assets/img/blog/blog-tutsi-basket-weaving-03-large.jpg[/IMG] you have to look very close at the weaving structure ..... [IMG]https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/igiseke-big.jpg[/IMG] I believe yours is from Burundi...circa 1980.....or so.. [URL]https://burundi-pavilion.coffee/product/igiseke/[/URL] . [IMG]https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/files/cache/b084e75891d3c682250ae97882e96cb8_f1729.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.andresmoragatextileart.com/archive/tutsi-basket/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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