Purple and Pink Striped Satchel - Kenya

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Artisan: Women of Ngambenyi and Bungule

This hand-woven basket is crafted from natural sisal fibers in a range of vibrant colours found in the national dress of Kenya.

Kenya is renowned for its delicate hand-woven baskets, which still feature there in everyday life. This basket is made by a group of 30 women for whom basket-making has become increasingly important in the past years, as crops have been destroyed by elephants migrating through their fields to the Tsovo East National Park.

• Dimensions: approximately 22cm (d) x 29cm (h).

Kenya
Women of Ngambenyi and Bungule
The Women of Ngambenyi and Bungule – two of the rural villages around Mount Kasigau in the Southern part of Kenya – have made weaving beautiful baskets their livelihoods along with farming. Basket weaving has become increasingly important in the past years, as crops have been destroyed by elephants migrating through their fields to the Tsovo East National Park... Click to read more

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