Prestige open top basket
Sukuma People (?)  Tanzania
Circa 1900
Coiled and woven basketry, natural fibers and dye
8 x 6 1/2 inches  (21 x 16.5 cm)
Provenance: ex private collection UK

This very rare basket combines figurative with abstract patterning, and is possibly related to "Hare Spirit" masks from the Makonde in in Tanzania/Mozambique border region