Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase " a nod I believe

" a nod I believe to Descarte's classic work of the same title

The set is in good used vintage condition

MA—it was folded up at the bottom of a large cardboard box

on a mantle

with this terrific array of unusual geometric forms dangling from every other link of the chain

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase " a nod I believeI 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