African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock but rather I think not

but rather I think not quite pushing the corner pins down completely into the doors

with scattered small toning spots visible in the sky

due to the diminuative size of the paint cakes

I assume it was made in Japan for Western export

African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock but rather I think notI find this basket a deeply beautiful thing, in very large part for its very rich patina which is what won the dealer I purchased it from too, who lived with it for some 30+ years. It is African, from the Pokot tribe of Kenya I believe, and would have been used for grain and flour. Clearly very much used, with a leather carrying strap that wore through at center from the weight of carrying things in it. (One broken end was pulled through a hole in the