These baskets are unusual because they are woven from the top down, rather than from the bottom up.
Since wire baskets are woven by many men due to the difficult nature of weaving wire, they are able to stay home on their tribal lands instead of moving to cities to look for work. In the rural groups we work with, the family units are preserved so that the weavers and their families can live more traditional lifestyles.
Thank you for all that you do for so many people. Those who weave the baskets earn money, while the rest of us are blessed with beautiful baskets! Jeanette
Basket arrived today and OMG it is gorgeous! I LOVE it. Thank you very much. :-) Barb in Australia
All of our African baskets are verified Fair Trade, because we believe that indigenous people around the world should be compensated fairly for their amazing work.
