Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile Super sweet with a bouquet

Super sweet with a bouquet of yellow or blue flowers springing from its body

The chest measures 10 7/8” wide x 8 1/8” x 9 3/4” tall

and the little bird delivers your smoke in its little beak

7 3/8' long x 1 1/2" wide x 3/4" deep

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African Japanese textile Super sweet with a bouquetI 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