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2. Basketry of Mexico - Wikipedia

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   Those of pine needles keep their distinctive odor for some time. Baskets for carrying water, called guares, have doubled walls. The Huichols in Durango, Nayarit and Jalisco make hats and small box containers with palm fronds. The boxes are similar to tenates, but with a rectangular prism like shape. Traditionally these have been used to store ...

3. Agaseke - Wikipedia

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   Agaseke is a type of traditional Rwandese woven basket. [1] It is characterized by its flat circular base that is taller than it is wide, with a sloped conical fitted lid. It is traditionally made of native natural fibers in natural off-white colors with naturally-dyed patterns in colors like purple, green, black, yellow, and red. There are ...

4. Basket weaving - Wikipedia

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   Artist Lucy Telles and large basket, in Yosemite National Park, 1933 A woman weaves a basket in Cameroon Woven bamboo basket for sale in K. R. Market, Bangalore, India. Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture.

5. Kete (basket) - Wikipedia

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   Kete were traditionally woven by women, with specific skills and techniques being passed down within families and closely guarded from outsiders. [12] Following colonisation, kete and other traditional textiles became less popular due to the introduction of manufactured containers. However, the practice of weaving kete did not fully die out and ...

6. Pasiking - Wikipedia

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   Pasikings are made in various sizes and finished with either a natural or dark color. The pasiking (English term: knapbasket [1]) is the indigenous basket-backpack found among the various ethno-linguistic groups of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. Pasiking designs have sacred allusions, although most are purely aesthetic.

7. Basket - Wikipedia

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   Some baskets are ceremonial, that is religious, in nature. [1] While baskets are usually used for harvesting, storage and transport, [2] specialized baskets are used as sieves for a variety of purposes, including cooking, processing seeds or grains, tossing gambling pieces, rattles, fans, fish traps, and laundry.