Yanomami Flat Basket with Circle Motif

Shallow woven tray with a flared rim and a few dark loops drawn on it.

This flat basket with a circle motif is Yanomami, from Amazon, Brazil, and dates to the 20th century. Woven plant fiber baskets are often decorated with geometric patterns, and charcoal is a traditional natural pigment that can be used to mark dark designs on the fiber. Wide, low basket with a gently sloping interior and a thin, slightly flared edge. Tight, even coiled weave in honey tan, with a few dark curved marks near the sides. Slight fraying shows at the center.

Plain, broad and ready to catch whatever turns up.