13-08-2017, 03:30 PM
Interesting point - do we see the leg like that because the scribe was determined to show that this was a woven basket and you could see through the weave? Or is he trying to show that the leg is inside the basket?
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Because most baskets are far more tightly woven that that. You wouldn't see a wide spaced weave like that on an animal basket, the food would fall through. The spacing between the weave, in fact, wouldn't belong to a woven basket but more of a container made out of branches.
In fact, I would say that a woven basket with that wide a weave would have no stability or function at all!
I would say that the position of the leg is the most important clue as to the function of the basket, but I haven't a clue what it could be at the moment.
Because most baskets are far more tightly woven that that. You wouldn't see a wide spaced weave like that on an animal basket, the food would fall through. The spacing between the weave, in fact, wouldn't belong to a woven basket but more of a container made out of branches.
In fact, I would say that a woven basket with that wide a weave would have no stability or function at all!
I would say that the position of the leg is the most important clue as to the function of the basket, but I haven't a clue what it could be at the moment.