African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock then I looked it up

then I looked it up to find that others agree—made by Elizabeth Arden as a powder compact in the 1940s

Constructed of six facets plus carved lid

I assume it was made in Japan for Western export

due to the diminuative size of the paint cakes

with scattered small toning spots visible in the sky

African Pokot Coiled Grain Basket with Leather Strap and Ultra Rich Patina numbered disks barrel lock then I looked it upI 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