Botanicalboysuk - Tonga Basket - 37cm 14.6"

Category

Homewares Room Decor Room Deco

Store

TROUVA

Brand

botanicalboysuk

These solid-edged baskets are the apex of the basket makers art in Zimbabwe. The baskets start as a woven square and end up almost perfectly round. The pattern on the edging is referred to assnakes belly, as the pattern resembles the scales of a serpent. The design is very functional, as the baskets are used to winnow grain even today. The baskets are sometimes calledgrandmother basketsbecause few younger women are making them.

42.99 EUR