Natural Lace Shopping Tote
This utility basket is durable and works many ways: a beach bag, carry-on, knitting caddy, farmers market basket, laundry basket or storage. The open lace weave makes it a light, roomy African shopping basket.
• You will receive a basket nearly identical to the one pictured.
• An airy open lace weave with leather handles for everyday carry.
• Handwoven and fair trade, supporting the Ghanaian weaver.
• Reshape easily: submerge briefly in water (keep the leather dry), reshape by hand and let dry.
• Each order includes shaping instructions and a page on Ghana baskets.
A fair trade, artisan made and one of a kind shopping basket.
Product Size: Approximately 13-15 Inches in Diameter X 10-12 Inches in Height
Weaving Details
Weavers collect veta vera straw, which is at the top of the grass known locally as kinkahe, leaving the grass roots in the soil to regrow. Then each piece is split in half vertically.
Each half of the split straw is then strengthened by rolling it into a tight twist.
The straw is put in bunches and dyed in boiling water. For bright colors the straw is dyed yellow first, then the color.
Weaving Bolga baskets in Ghana
For many generations, weaving has been a traditional skill of the Gurune people of northern Ghana. Mostly done by women, basket weaving and other handicrafts supplement these subsistence farmers’ incomes.
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