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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12541466, member: 8267&quot;]I have acquired two miniature African baskets. I am still pursuing their actual origin, but my question here is addressed to those among you who do great genealogical research. Each basket has a paper label attached that reads &quot;Brought from Africa by Jane P. Angus&quot;. The style of the label looks like it dates from the late 19th-early 20th century. Can anyone find out who Jane P. Angus was, where she was in Africa, and what she was doing there? Perhaps she was a missionary of some sort. The baskets came through an American seller in Maine, (with no additional information), but I don&#039;t know if Ms Angus herself was American. Angus, of course, is of Scottish origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t yet found full size comparative examples of these miniatures. One is described as a winnowing tray, the other as a baby&#039;s bonnet. So if anyone has suggestions about that aspect I would welcome your thoughts as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555336[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555337[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555338[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]555339[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]555340[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]555341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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