BASKET, GATHERING

Description: 1. BASKET: MEASUREMENTS AS ABOVE. HAS INTERWOVEN WOOD SLATS THAT ARE SECURED WITH TWO NAILS ON THE MIDDLE CONVEX BOTTOM (INSIDE) AND SMALLER NAILS AROUND THE OUTSIDE THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THREE EVENLY DISPERSED HORIZONTAL STRIPS ON TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM FOR SUPPORT. ALSO HAS ONE OF THESE SUPPORT STRIPS AT THE TOP INSIDE. OUTSIDE BOTTOM IS FLAT. SLATS ARE VERY THIN. HAS TWO COPPER COLOURED STEEL HANDLES ON EITHER SIDE OF TOP WHICH ARE WIRE/THIN PIPE WITH TO ENDS PUSHED THROUGH TOP SUPPORTS AND BENT BACK TO SECURE IN PLACE. THE HANDLES THEN COME THROUGH TO THE OUTSIDE AND ANGLE UP, WIRE IS BENT IN A ROUNDED NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE TO FORM HANDLES. WOOD IS SPLINTERED IN PLACES AND SLATS ARE WARPED. SOME NAILS ARE CORRODING, HAS DARK SPOTS AROUND BOTTOM TWO NAILS. HAS MINOR WATER SPOTS AND A FEW BLACK (INK?)SPOTS ON INSIDE SUPPORT. 2. LID: 2.4CM (H) X 52CM (L) X 45.8CM (W). HAS ROUND WOOD SUPPORT ON BOTTOM, NAILED ON TOP ARE INTERWOVEN WOOD SLATS. TWO PARALLEL ACROSS BOTTOM, TWO PERPENDICULAR ABOVE, THEN TWO CROSSED ON TOP. VERY TOP BOARD IS LONGER THAN THE REST AND FITS IN MIDDLE OF HANDLES OF BASKET TO LOCK. READS IN PENCIL HANDWRITING AT TOP "CHOLAK 7 AVE". BOTTOM SUPPORT OVERLAPS AND HAS ENDS STAPLED TOGETHER. ENDS OF BOARDS ARE STAPLED ON CIRCULAR SUPPORT, HAS FOUR NAILS THROUGH TOP IN MIDDLE. WOOD SPLINTERED AND WARPED.