Harari Hand-Woven Polychrome Baskets, Ethiopia

Item Details

Harari (Ethiopia, East Africa)
Bundle coiled woven baskets, mid-20th century
Woven natural fibers, leather, cowrie shells

Provenance:
from the collection of artists Lenore and Robert Szesko (Chicago, Illinois).

Condition

- scuffing, breakage and wear to leather handles and rim of the basket; some broken leather handles; fading and discoloration to dyed fibers; areas of breakage and fraying to the fiber; negligible warping to the form of the baskets; accretions throughout each.

Dimensions

- measurement of one.

Item #

ITMG875366