Puffed ball baskets (Ndaa) with lid, Turquoise. Fair Trade, Senegal
Puffed ball baskets (Ndaa) with lid, Turquoise. Fair Trade, Senegal
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Beautiful handwoven chubby baskets that can be used for laundry, wastepaper baskets, potty covers or simply as beautiful decoration.
The baskets are purchased on Fair Trade terms from the women who weave them. All baskets are handmade and may therefore vary slightly in size.
The traditional baskets with one or more colors are woven with a colored plastic thread, thereby creating the beautiful pattern and beautiful colors that characterize Senegal baskets. The plastic thread is made of biodegradable recycled plastic.
Sizes:
Large: 50 cm high - 55 cm wide
Medium: 42 cm high - 45 cm wide
Small: 28 cm high - 31 cm wide
Background: Our baskets are painstakingly handcrafted by women from the Thies region, approximately 122 km north of Dakar in Senegal. These women work hard to support their families by either weaving baskets or cultivating their fields. Many of the villages still lack basic amenities such as electricity and water, meaning that the women often have to walk more than 5 kilometers to charge their phones and fetch water, often with the help of donkeys or horses. Basket weaving has long been an important source of income in addition to agriculture, helping the women earn extra money and create better living conditions for their families.

