Finely Woven Lidded Buka Basket – Buka Island Papua New Guinea pre 1950

Specifications

Buka basketry originated and gets its name from Buka Island on the northern end of Bougainville which is now considered a part of Papua New Guinea previously part of the Solomon Islands. This basket has a nice organic shape and is quite rigid and stiff and very finely woven from multicoloured cane. It has a tight fitting lid and was collected on a cocoa plantation pre 1950's and measures 49cm in total height. Courier within Australia will be $19AU to metro areas please contact me if you are outside these areas and want a quote. Standard Airmail to the US will be $55.55AU and anywhere in Europe $62.15AU

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