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    Posted 7 years ago

    Sbparadis
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    This basket is approximately 10” across by 7” deep, polychrome tan, green, red and black- thoughts? I got it in the early sixties when our elderly neighbors died and it was old then. They traveled a lot between 1900 and the twenties- their house was full of great stuff.

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    1. melaniej melaniej, 7 years ago
      maybe from Africa?
    2. CanyonRoad, 7 years ago
      Yes, it's African, made by the Hausa, of Nigeria.

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