African Fair Trade Handwoven Warming Basket, Aqua, White, and Brown Sp

African Fair Trade Handwoven Warming Basket, Aqua, White, and Brown Spiral

Swahili African Modern

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Lidded basket, handwoven in Senegal, brings authentic African style to your home
Sturdy construction from cattail stalks and strips of recycled plastic
Approximately 13 x 13 inches (DxH), 7 inches high without lid; sizes will vary
Provides beautiful storage throughout your home; other colors and patterns also available
Created by Wolof women using their skills for supplemental income

A network of rural Wolof women in nine Senegalese villages are working together to create beautiful handcrafted baskets for export. Using locally harvested cattail stalks and strips of plastic used to make prayer mats, the women bring supplemental income to their households by weaving baskets between their daily duties. The baskets are imported by Swahili African Modern, a member of the Fair Trade Federation, an organization committed to providing fair wages to their artisan workers and creating products from sustainable materials.