by Delii Mngoma - South Africa
Recycled telephone wire w/ steel wire core
(13 1/4"d x 1 3/4" h)

by Mankehli Dumisa - South Africa
Recycled telephone wire w/ steel wire core
(11 3/4"d x 1 1/2 " h)

Recycled telephone wire - flared shape (12 1/4"w x 2 1/2" h)

Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, c. 2000-2001.,
Recycled telephone wire w/ steel wire core
(11.25"d x 1" h)
From a private collection.

By Evelyn - Nambya People, Zimbabwe.
Illala palm, grasses and split bamboo with natural plant dyes.
(18 3/4" diam. x 3 1/2" h.)

Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Ilala palm and grass 'ukhamba' beer basket with lid. Fibers dyed with indigenous vegetable dyes (9" high, including lid x 9" diameter).
From private collection. Collected in South Africa in 2000.

Gugu Gumede, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Ilala palm and grass 'ukhamba' beer basket with lid. Fibers dyed with indigenous vegetable dyes (7.5" high, including lid x 7" diameter).
From private collection. Collected in South Africa in 2000.

By Zeuta - Nambya People, Zimbabwe.
Illala palm, grasses and split bamboo with natural plant dyes.
(15 3/4" diam. x 2 3/4" h.)

Swazi people - Swaziland
Sisal fiber (8 1/2" diam. x 2 1/2" h.)