Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile While designed for storing chewing

While designed for storing chewing betel

Super sweet with a bouquet of yellow or blue flowers springing from its body

The chest measures 10 7/8” wide x 8 1/8” x 9 3/4” tall

and a quintessentially mid-century shape with narrow neck and wider lip

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile While designed for storing chewingI just love the silhouette of this mid sized vintage coiled basket, with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle. Those striped and checkerboard patterns created by way of the natural dyes are pretty great too, especially pronounced on the interior of the basket where their original saturation is preserved. I am not certain the origins of this piece, but based on color, shape, and the structure