Black Caramel Palm Tote
Handsome, roomy, and made to carry three ways, the Kenya palm tote pairs a woven palm body with beaded leather handles.
Handcrafted in Kenya from sustainable palm leaves and beautifully lined with fabric, each tote is finished with beaded handles and a beaded leather closure that add a striking contrast. It adapts to your day, from beach trips to creative storage at home. Every tote is handmade and fairly traded, and available in assorted colors.
Carry it to the market or the beach, or use it as stylish storage at home.
You will receive one palm tote very similar to the one pictured. Spot clean; keep the leather dry.
Product Size: Approximately 12-13 inches in diameter x 20 inches Tall
Weaving Details
These basket weavers demonstrate amazing patience and concentration as they create each beaded wire basket. They string tiny colored glass beads on wire in meticulous fashion to create the patterns.
The only tool that the weavers use is a pair of pliers to manipulate and cut the wire. Most patterns are created from ideas the weavers have. Sometimes they will sketch an idea on paper and then try to reproduce it as a basket.
These baskets are traditionally given as gifts. For example, the bowls are given from mother to daughter at her wedding ceremony to symbolize the woman’s ability to care for husband and family.
The small lidded containers are given from grandmothers to granddaughters at the wedding. The baskets hold bracelets and earrings that mark her status as a newly married woman.
Beaded Wire Baskets in Kenya
The weavers come from both the Maasai and Kikiyu cultures and are located North of Nairobi, Kenya. Two dozen weavers have organized into this group to skillfully create these baskets.
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