Banana-Fibre Basket

Fairgift

Price (excluding P&P)

£12.00

(from Fairgift website)


Description

Bowl shape circular basket made of bukedo (banana-leaf stalk), cut into thin strips, dried, then bound over with banana-fibre and buso (raffia from the palm tree), to form a tight coil.

Banana leaves in their natural colour, or dyed dark brown or mid brown, woven together to form patterned decoration in the coilwork. All dyes extracted from natural organic sources.

Sides sloping 10cm from bottom to rim. Diameter at the base 16cm; diameter at the top 28.5cm.


Producer: National Women's Union

Country: Uganda

Banana-Fibre Basket

About Fairgift

Fairgift offers beautiful, original and fair trade items for the home. We are a family-run social enterprise that works with fair trade producers in Africa, Asia & Latin America - both directly and indirectly via our partners such as Traidcraft. The products are predominantly handmade using recycled or organic materials, such as the Bolivian wine glasses made from recyled coca-cola bottles. Each item is traceable back to the original producer and their community, so you can find out more about the people who make them.