Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Habana 6" tall x 5 3/8"

6" tall x 5 3/8" at widest and in excellent vintage condition

circa 1950

maybe as a cloche over a head of garlic

leaves and vines

A beautiful old never used horsehair brush with its original paper wrapper

Finely Woven Lidded Basket with Fantastic Shape, Presumed African Habana 6" tall x 5 3/8"I don't know a lot about the origins of this fantastic basket, but am pretty certain it is African, and possibly Tutsi, a tribal culture based primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, renowned for the baskets made by its women weavers. I believe a basket like this would have been made for the transport of goods, and that it once had a handle for carrying that was attached to the sides. I think it is truly an extraordinary object, with this wonderful bulbous,