African Hand-Woven Baskets with Leather and Grain Bag

Item Details

Somalia, East Africa
Woven grain bag, mid to late 20th century
Woven natural fibers, pigment

Taureg/Hausa style (West Africa)
Woven basket, 20th century
Woven natural fibers, leather, pigment

Upper Volta style (West Africa)
Woven basket, mid to late 20th century

Provenance:
from the collection of artists Lenore and Robert Szesko (Chicago, Illinois).
Woven natural fibers, leather, pigment

Condition

- leather aging and damage; holes tears and wear to the undersides; stains and soiling to the insides; fading and discoloration to dyed fibers; areas of breakage and fraying to the fiber; negligible warping to the form of the baskets and bag; accretions and residue throughout each; significant hole to the inside of one basket.

Dimensions

- measures largest.

Item #

ITMG875368