Bukedo & Raffia Mindnight-16 Bowl
Warm color and clean coils: this Ugandan bowl wraps brightly dyed palm raffia around a sturdy bukedo (banana-stalk) core.
Handwoven in Uganda, each bowl is built by coiling and stitching dyed raffia over the bukedo foundation, a technique passed down through generations of weavers. Traditionally used for serving, these bowls shine just as brightly on a wall. Every bowl is handmade and fairly traded, and each is one of a kind.
Hang it as woven wall decor, cluster several for a gallery wall, or use it as a shallow serving or catchall bowl.
You will receive one bowl very similar to the one pictured. Dust gently; keep out of prolonged damp.
Product Size: Approximately 15.5-16.5 Inches Wide x 3-4 Inches Deep
Material: Banana Leaf Stalk, Palm
Weaving Details
Weavers construct these baskets by wrapping colorfully dyed palm raffia around a coil of bukedo, the local term in Uganda for banana leaf stalks. The large banana leaf stalks are pulled apart into long, thin strips, then dried, and then bundled into coils and wrapped with raffia.
Weavers must skillfully extend more bukedo onto the coils as they weave, in order to maintain the consistency of the coil’s size and shape. Each coil is then wrapped or occasionally stitched to the adjacent coil.
Weaving Bukedo & Raffia baskets in Uganda
This group is based in Kampala, Uganda and supports women within the city as well as in nearby villages. Their mission is to support as many marginalized women as possible through the promotion of their handcrafts.
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