A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres, which can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be utilized. Baskets are generally woven by hand. Some baskets are fitted with a lid, others are left open.
Baskets accommodate utilitarian as well as aesthetic purposes. Some baskets are ceremonial, that is religious, in nature.[1] While baskets are typically utilized for storage and convey, specialized baskets are as sieves, for cooking, for processing seeds or grains, for tossing wagering pieces, rattles, fans, fish traps, laundry, and other uses.
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Depending on soil conditions, baskets may or may not be preserved in the archaeological record. Sites in the Middle East show that weaving techniques were habituated to make mats and possibly additionally baskets. Twined baskets date back to 7000 BCE in Oasisamerica.[1] Baskets made with interwoven techniques were prevalent at 3000 BCE. Baskets were pristinely designed as multi-purport baskets to carry and store and to keep stray items about the home. The plant life available in a region affects the cull of material, which in turn influences the weaving technique. Rattan and other members of the Arecaceae or palm tree family, the thin grasses of temperate regions, and broad-leaved tropical bromeliads each require a different method of convoluting and braiding to be made into a basket. The practice of basket making has evolved into an art. Artistic liberation sanctions basket makers a wide cull of colors, materials, sizes, patterns, and details. The carrying of a basket on the head, particularly by rural women, has long been practised. Representations of this in Archaic Greek art are called Canephorae.
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