Woven Legacies: Innovation & Tradition
Timed Online Auction, 2 - 24 February 2025
Vintage baskets from southern Africa: The collection of Dr Elizabeth Terry
About the SessionThis selection of vintage baskets comes from the collection of Dr.Elizabeth Terry, a social scientist with a special interest in craft development. It marks a historic moment, being the first time a collection of this kind has come to market. Originating from Southern and Central Africa, these baskets demonstrate how everyday objects—once used for practical purposes like storing food, sifting grain, and carrying goods—transform over time into cultural artifacts and works of art.
About this Item
Notes
This basket was bought from a San woman in the Serowe area of Botswana. It was woven with a coiling technique using open simple oversewing that intentionally exposes the core material, which in this case is grass. This method also saves on the wrapping material, which is important if not readily available. The binding material has not been dyed, the brown is the outside of the Grewia flava bark (moretlwa) while the white is the inside of the bark.
- Dr Elizabeth Terry
Provenance
Dr Elizabeth Terry Collection.
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