Laundry basket (or coffee table) hand-woven elephant grass with lid. Natural color. Three sizes. Fair Trade from Ghana
Laundry basket (or coffee table) hand-woven elephant grass with lid. Natural color. Three sizes. Fair Trade from Ghana
The most beautiful handwoven baskets with flat lids that can also be used for laundry/coffee tables/bedside tables.
The size is:
Extra Large: Approx. 56 cm. high and 53 cm in diameter (incl. lid)
Large: Approx. 47 cm. high and 50 cm. in diameter (incl. lid).
Medium: Approx. 26 high and 40 cm in diameter
Small: About 18 cm high and 30 cm in diameter
Beautifully handwoven baskets that have many uses – perfect for laundry, toilet paper storage, as small tables, bedside tables or simply as elegant decoration. The baskets are made on Fair Trade terms directly from the women who make each basket by hand, which means there can be slight variations in size, colors and patterns that make each basket unique.
The organic baskets are woven with straw and threads from the leaves of the Bismarck palm, which are split into thin fibers to create the perfect weaving material.
Our baskets are produced by women in the Thies region, approximately 122 km north of Dakar, Senegal. These women work tirelessly to provide for their families – either weaving baskets or cultivating their fields. Most villages have neither electricity nor running water, so the women have to walk up to 5 kilometers to charge their phones and fetch water, often with the help of donkeys or horses. Weaving has for generations been an essential source of income in addition to agriculture.