African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock but rather I think not

but rather I think not quite pushing the corner pins down completely into the doors

I assume it was made in Japan for Western export

delivering marvelous details

I've been on the lookout

Constructed of six facets plus carved lid

African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock but rather I think notI find this basket a deeply beautiful thing, in very large part for its very rich patina which is what won the dealer I purchased it from too, who lived with it for some 30+ years. It is African, from the Pokot tribe of Kenya I believe, and would have been used for grain and flour. Clearly very much used, with a leather carrying strap that wore through at center from the weight of carrying things in it. (One broken end was pulled through a hole in the