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Imbrication: a technique used to decorate coiled baskets in which the decorative material is folded under each sewing stitch on the outer surface of the basket. Imbrication folds on a basket resemble rows of corn kernels. They are not visible on the inside of an object.


You are right, this is imbrication!
Now try to identify the design pattern on your basket.

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