Natural Bolga Basket with Brown Leather Handles
Natural Bolga Basket with Brown Leather Handles
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These beautifully crafted natural baskets are woven by expert weavers in Ghana and feature light brown soft leather wrapped handles for comfort. Great for farmers markets, gardening, shopping, or for easy storage in the home.
A popular choice for eco-conscious shopping, these indispensable baskets stand the test of time, even with daily use. Can be rinsed and reshaped with cool water as needed.
Sold individually. Because this is a handcrafted item, each will vary slightly. Made from natural elephant grass and leather.
Approximate Size: 15"D x 15"T
Made in: Ghana
Care: Rinse with cool water and reshape as needed. See our Basket Care and Reshaping page to learn more.
SKU:GH9B
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How to Shape your Bolga Basket
Our artisan-made African baskets can be cleaned & reshaped as needed.
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A long tradition of basket weaving in Ghana
Starting from a small woven circle, Ghanaian weavers work their way out from a central point to form beautiful, distinctive Bolga baskets. Also called “market baskets,” Bolga baskets are woven from elephant grass. Weavers in the northern region of Bolgatanga excel at transforming the tough grass fiber into these iconic baskets.
Bolga basket weaving has been a traditional skill for many generations and is often a communal process. The Bolga baskets sold by Swahili African Modern are fair trade and a reliable source of income for weavers and their families. Just as the baskets begin as a small circle and expand, so does the impact of purchasing fair trade items that directly benefit, support and empower the artisans who create them.