A Collection of 29 Lozi Baskets (1880 to 1910 Zambia Africa)

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Makenge roots

40.00cm wide    60.00cm high    (15.75 inches wide  23.62 inches high)

Bibliography: Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol.II, part III Notes Concerning New Collections edited by Clark Wissler pub. New York by order of the Trustees April, 1909 page 51 and illus. page 353 plate XXI

Woven from the roots of the makenge bush with the traditional dyed black designs these light weight, strong and easily portable containers were essential to everyday life in the Zambezi flood plain; the yearly migration to higher ground was necessary to survival and it is through these beautifully crafted baskets that this community have for hundreds of years found their artistic expression.