Featured Vintage Large BasketTrying T0 Find Out Maker 20" tall

I got this large basket from a Church Sale Store.The Workers didn't have any idea.Measure from to to bottom 20" tall.Basket has a top.Any idea who the maker is or maybe Native American? I have no idea.

 

not NA...

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Any idea who the maker is

 

It is an interesting technique, which I have not seen before. The material looks like it might be palm leaf, and the start looks like a method I have seen on some African baskets. But it will require some research.

 

@antiquelover69 - Can you please post a straight on photo of the whole lid, top and bottom?

I think it might be a twining technique, but the elements are so big it is difficult to "read" the structure.

 

These are top and bottom.

 

With the better view of the bottom of the basket, it does appear to be a twining technique even though it looks like it is coiled (particularly on the interior). Looking at the 4-square start, you can see multiple spokes spiraling out, which would be characteristic of twining.


Materials and technique are the most useful features when trying to identify a basket. It is still my feeling that this basket comes from somewhere in Africa, but I have not been able to find a close comparison after scanning the British Museum's online catalog for Africa, as well as Oceania and Mexico.

Perhaps @Taupou has seen something similar?