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Tswana (Botswana (national))
Basket Bottom
1935 – 1945
Gift of Gertrude Tuthill Ross
1987/1.314.2

Indonesian
Basket
Gift of Ira Sachs
1986/1.191
A corn husk woven basket with wooden shaping dowels. One side of the rectangle is flat while the other end is curved. There are two blue stripes on the inside floor of the basket and green and purple designs on the outside.<br /> <br /> This straw basket (<em>samtaegi</em> ) is woven from dyed straw. The round frame at the back of it is made from bitterwood and the front part from bamboo. Judging from the use of dyed straw, this basket was probably used for drying grain such as soy beans. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 277]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Winnowing Basket
1850 – 1950
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.49

Indonesian
Basket
Gift of Ira Sachs
1986/1.193
A basket woven in the form of a box with the middle protruding out to form a circular disk. On the top of the box the weaving forms a diamond pattern. There are several strands of fiber attached to the disk portion of the basket. There is a piece of wood attached to the end of the fiber. 
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Basket
1945 – 1955
Museum Purchase
1985/2.5

Papua New Guinean
Basketry Mask
20th century
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chet LaMore
1971/2.15

Bob Womack
Basket Bowl
1999
Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2002/2.185

Indonesian
Basket
Gift of Ira Sachs
1986/1.192
There is a single basket with a handle that was weaved together with twigs. Inside the basket are green leaves from a plant. There is a seal in the bottom right corner of the painting.
Nishiyama Kan'ei
Basket
1850 – 1899
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1990/1.193

Tswana (Botswana (national))
Basket Lid
1935 – 1945
Gift of Gertrude Tuthill Ross
1987/1.314.1
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