Tutsi Agaseki or Ibeseke Basket

Tall and spiked like a witch's hat, with black bolts striking the lower half.

This agaseki or ibeseke basket is Tutsi, from Rwanda, East Africa, and dates to the 20th century. Baskets of this kind are associated with Tutsi households in Rwanda, where fine coiled basketry has long been a respected craft, often practiced by women. Dark russet coils climb from a narrow foot to a swelling shoulder, then a needle-pointed cone lid. Black jagged bands cross the lower body at angles, some thin and some chunky, fading toward the base. It is 3.5 inches wide, 3.5 deep and 7.5 high.

Pointed on top, pointed in its opinions.