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  Betty May 6, 2014 at 4:25pm

  Fantastic! I love these old Harrar baskets. Sooooo beautiful.
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  ingrid Langerak May 6, 2014 at 4:46pm

  I fully agree Betty, especially the bottom parts are stunning. This  larger sweet basket is a real stunner. Look at the very intriqued pattern. Thank Betty.
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  Eva Baby May 6, 2014 at 4:50pm

  Agree with Betty, wonderful work, wonderful design and colours. The bottom of the one on top reminds me a Little of a round Tuareg box I have from Timbuktu, only this one is braided  and my box is leather (drawing on leather).  nice, nice!!!!!
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  ingrid Langerak May 6, 2014 at 4:55pm

  Thank you Eva, I know which one you mean, I do have one small and one large given to me by a friend of lived in Burki Nafasso, beautiful embossed leather over wood, but mine are from about 15 yrs. ago. They decorate my bedroom.
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  Eva Baby May 6, 2014 at 6:07pm

  It is really different, it just reminded me.........the top is the bottom of a box which is more like a bag on top, and the bottom is a top of a box, both are Tuareg from Timbuktu, collected there.

  The beadwork in yours seems very refined and Special. The Tuareg boxes are painted on leather.
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  ingrid Langerak May 6, 2014 at 6:25pm

  The leather boxes I have are more for  export I think.. and they are dark brown (leather color. Still very beautiful.

  I do like the ones you display here especially the bottom one, perfectly done and so strong of design.. is the leather fixed onto wood? or is it like the shields they make in Ethiopia layer over layer of leather?
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  Eva Baby May 6, 2014 at 6:32pm

  No, it is fixed on Wood, and this one,has something like a basket inside. I Show you a Picture how it Looks from the side. They Keep Food inside as it stays cool.
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  Frankie Carter May 6, 2014 at 7:34pm

  All lovely items, both basketry and leather. Such skilled and painstaking work! I`m quite jealous. (That`s just meant as a compliment).