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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9955992, member: 8267&quot;]A similar one in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, documented as having been collected c.1925 in Hing-hwa, Fujian, China. (Note the similar metal hoop on top.)&nbsp; -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Smaller stacking baskets were used for carrying food for a variety of occasions, but larger ones may have been used as betrothal/dowry/wedding baskets holding gifts from the bride&#039;s family to the groom&#039;s family. These were usually made in pairs, to be transported hung on a shoulder pole.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are a traditional form that has been made for generations.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/straits-chinese-wedding-basket-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/straits-chinese-wedding-basket-2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/archived_objects/straits-chinese-wedding-basket-2/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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