Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase which was stamped "Made in

which was stamped "Made in Occupied Japan"

since the moment I saw it (at the Wellesley

MA—it was folded up at the bottom of a large cardboard box

or Japanning

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase which was stamped "Made inI 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