Collection: Handwoven Basketry

Our handwoven baskets are skillfully crafted in an ethical, fair trade environment by collectives of women in remote regions of Africa. The female artisans owe their skills to the women before them who passed on the knowledge from generation to generation—mother to daughter, grandmother to child. As young weavers learn from their elders, they quickly realize the weaving process is a painstaking one. Passing on basket weaving to young women carries the weight of upholding a time-honored practice and an age-old rite of passage. Baskets decorate nearly every African home, for they are one of the most important symbols of family, friendship, good fortune, and proud cultural heritage.