BOLGA MARKET African BASKET Woven Purple Green Orange

From our
~ Bolga Market Basket ~
Collection
A gorgeous and bright functional piece!

Bolga Market Basket in

Purple, Green, Orange, and Natural

15 1/2" diameter x 10" high

This beautiful basket is woven in natural with a design of Purple, Green, Orange, and Natural. It is a great useful size measuring approximately 15 1/2 inches in diameter and 10 inches tall, not including the handles. Its handle is wrapped in red leather for comfortable carrying by hand or slung on your arm.

This basket is great for EVERYTHING!

It is the strength in Bolga Baskets that make them so practically lovely. We are able to load one basket with a week’s harvest in our vegetable garden, carry picnic goodies for 6 people, and load one up with presents for the honored one celebrating a birthday. It holds library books, art supplies, grocery bags in the car, a catch-all at the doorway, magazines on the hearth, etc...limitless possibilities!

The second photo shows how great this basket looks with another Bolga in coordinating colors. Email me to get a shipping discount if you order both baskets. This listing is only for the One Basket featured on the right, check my store to see if the other basket is still available. It is listed as "Purple Green Bolga Market African Basket Woven Grass".

Hand woven in Bolgatanga, Northern Ghana, West Africa

Brought to the USA through a member of the Fair Trade Federation.

 

Woven of Elephant Grass Straw…

Elephant Grass Straw is of limitless supply in the wetlands where agriculture is limited due to a combination of infertile land and difficult weather conditions. The sale of these functional , woven pieces of art aids in empowering weavers, mostly women, to help provide for their families and supplement the income from their sustenance farming.

 

After the collection of the elephant grass, the split straw is twisted and dyed in boiling water. Carefully selected straw is set aside for the different parts of the basket. Weaving then begins at the base and continues to the wrapped rim. After stray bits of straw are trimmed, local leather workers normally finish the handles with leather. It takes 3 days for a medium basket to be made.

 

An information tag is included with each basket we offer.

Please note...We try our best to pack these baskets without much distortion, but in order to keep the shipping down, often we have to adjust the shape to fit into a reasonable size box. To reshape upon arrival, simply wet and roll or form with hands. Instructions are included with the basket.

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