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Basketry stool, "Khawteeb", of bamboo and reed fibers. Six reed uprights (6 1/2" long, 1/4" in diameter) rest on a base of 6 rows of coiled reeds about 3/16" diameter bound together with rattan strips. About 1 3/8" up sides around the uprights are five more rows of 3/16" reed bound together with rattan. At the top is a similar binding of five rows of reed coming down the side about 1 1/4" and six rows covering about 1 1/2" of the top. The center 6 1/2" of the top of the stool is covered by rattan strips in a hexagonal weave pattern. There is an open area on the sides of the stool between the bottom and the top rows of coiled reeds. In the open area between the uprights are X patterns of the 3/16" reed which are bound, top and bottom, to the uprights by rattan wrappings. One of the X patterns is missing. Under the top seat are two cross supporting reeds wrapped with rattan. On the bottom of the base are two rows of coiled reed, nailed in place to serve as a bottom buffer.

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