Tightly Woven Antique Tutsi Basket with Rich Patina vintage crib and quite a different beast

and quite a different beast than the theorem still lives of fruits and flowers that were much more common

held in the balance between the watery pinks of the apple and the inked details on the neck and cork of the tall wine bottle

The first thing I bought last week in Nashville

or for someone like me who has spent more than her fair share of time in the dentist’s chair

Tightly Woven Antique Tutsi Basket with Rich Patina vintage crib and quite a different beastThis to my eye very beautiful old basket is Tutsi (a Rwandan ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region, also known as Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi, and particularly renowned for the fineness of their basketry, woven by women). Distinguishing Tutsi baskets are their very intricate weaving patterns, use of very fine woven material, and extraordinarily tight weave. Also common to these baskets, which were made to be used, and used and used, but also