This earthy collaboration of 100% natural dyes: black and dark brown and white stripes combine in a most striking, tribal effect. This striped basket is truly unique, hand woven in Kenya’s rural Coastal Region by a skilled craftswoman working with her preferred weave patterns and choice of natural dyes. Like what you see? Snap yours up now, because this is a rare, one-off woven basket.
The making process is laborious and highly skilled. Sisal grass is hand stripped using wooden tools and bare feet, and then it is hand rolled to a very fine twine on the thighs before being woven using a classic twining technique. The dyes used to create the stunning layers of colour are 100% natural, and hand-dyed in large vats of boiling water.
The Basket Room is proud to partner with a Community Based Organisation which works on behalf of several women’s weaving cooperatives in Kenya, ensuring fair pay and decent working conditions. Profits from sales and all donations to the CBO are used to offer further support to these women’s groups. For these women’s groups, basket weaving is a portable, income-generating craft, and it takes place primarily during the dry seasons where crop production dwindles. Each basket comes with a swing tag from the cooperative who made yours.
Material: SISAL
Dimensions: 26cm DIA x 22cm H
Please note, as this is a handmade product, dimensions & colour may vary from those shown in the photographs.
FAIR TRADE AND HANDMADE IN KENYA