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    Posted 8 years ago

    Trishie
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    Just picked these up today at a garage sale in Phoenix. Love them! I wish I knew the history. They are just beautiful!

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    Comments

    1. Celiene Celiene, 8 years ago
      See? Aliens DID come to the Earth! Love the people and animal ones.
    2. CanyonRoad, 8 years ago
      They are "Southwest style" palm fiber baskets, made in Pakistan. Attractive, but not Native American, just designed to look like they might be.
    3. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      CanyonRoad, I thought you were going to say they were African, as I had some posted here that were quite similar.
    4. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      Mine you identified as Hausa, West Nigeria.
    5. CanyonRoad, 8 years ago
      There are replicas and "look-alikes" of Native American baskets made in both Africa, and Pakistan. The main difference is that Pakistani baskets are usually intentional copies made to deceive, since the patterns are often taken directly from designs published in Native American basketry books. The African designs are often traditional to the African cultures producing them, they just happen to resemble Native American patterns.

      Pakistani copies usually have this distinctive herringbone rim finish, and the colors used differ as well. Hausa baskets use a plain wrapped rim finish, often with a contrasting black "blanket stitch." Both African and Pakistan weavers use palm fiber, rather than yucca or willow.
    6. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      Thank you for that further information, CanyonRoad. :)
    7. Trishie, 8 years ago
      Thanks very much for the info. Mystery solved!

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