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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12708513, member: 8267&quot;]An update on where these little baskets were probably made - Stumbling around on the internet, I came across an auction for an object described as a baby&#039;s rain hat, made by the Lugbara people of Uganda -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]556234[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://auctions.materialculture.com/auction-lot/antique-african-lugbara-basketry-rain-hat-baby_dfb4fb499b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.materialculture.com/auction-lot/antique-african-lugbara-basketry-rain-hat-baby_dfb4fb499b" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.materialculture.com/auction-lot/antique-african-lugbara-basketry-rain-hat-baby_dfb4fb499b</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Although this one has a knob at the top, and the miniature does not, I thought it worthwhile to follow up on the Lugbara connection, and came across a facebook post by the Lugbara Kari Cultural Centre that posted a picture of these objects -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]556236[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SuruLugbaraKari/posts/khobithis-is-probably-one-of-the-most-used-lugbara-artifact-among-the-lugbara-it/108811167302625/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/SuruLugbaraKari/posts/khobithis-is-probably-one-of-the-most-used-lugbara-artifact-among-the-lugbara-it/108811167302625/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/SuruLugbaraKari/posts/khobithis-is-probably-one-of-the-most-used-lugbara-artifact-among-the-lugbara-it/108811167302625/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And one of the commentors explained the many uses, while also mentioning that versions were also woven as <i>covers for the head of new born babies</i> -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]556235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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