Handmade Sisal 5 Basket Set Yellow Mix
Hadithi
This practical collection of yellow baskets comes from Tsavo, Kenya. Each basket is hand-made from sisal twine and woven with an elaborate finish. The ladies weave their own story into your basket and each set is totally unique. All baskets are cruelty free, plastic free and vegan.
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Product Description:
A unique and practical collection of five colourful one-of-a-kind hand-woven sisal baskets from Tsavo, Kenya. Basket weaving is a traditional skill passed on from generation to generation.
The basket weaver enjoys complete creative freedom to tell their own basket story. She rolls her own sisal twine and weaves the basket from start to finish, which is an elaborate and creative process. After she finishes her basket she sews in a cardboard with her name on it for you to find. Our team adds the photo of the weaver too. The basket weavers enjoy complete creative freedom to tell their own basket story.
These unique baskets can come in handy in every room of your home. Set of 5 Hadithi Baskets assorted sizes. Tiny tray, basket XXS, basket XS, basket S and bread basket, optimal for stacking and shipping.
Tiny Basket: 3x1 inches
XXS Basket: 3x3 inches
XS Basket: 5x5 inches
Small Basket: 7x7 inches
Basket Tray: 8x3 inches
Please note that no two baskets are the same in pattern and design! Every basket is unique and up to the weavers own creativity. With this variety we do aim to give you baskets of same quality style and size.
Instructions for Use:
Use for your storing garlic, onions or fruits in the kitchen, your pens or chargers in the office, socks and swimmers in the bedroom, jewellery or lotions in the bathroom. There are 50 ways to use a basket!
These basket sales provide an important livelihood for a women in rural Kenya, in a way that it doesn’t damage nature, but rather contributes to conserving nature. And most importantly, you have hopefully bought something you love and will enjoy a lifetime.
Keep your basket away from direct sunlight as colours will fade. Keep your basket dry, it is made from natural materials so will deteriorate it gets wet.
If your basket gets out of shape, you can spray lightly with water and reshape it with your hands, or and put a pot of a similar shape inside it.
If you use your basket as a plant pot, ensure you keep the basket dry. Line your basket with a thick plastic or use a plastic pot inside your basket.
Shipping Information:
- Please note that this item ships from Kenya to the UK.
- Estimated delivery time of 7 days to UK.
- Shipping is free (product price includes worldwide shipping/duty/tax/etc).
Additional Fees Notification:
Please note that any imported items with a total value of £135 and over, as signified by this icon, may be subject to additional charges of Duty & VAT.
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Additional Fees Notification
Please note that any imported items with a total value of £135 and over, as signified by this icon, may be subject to additional charges of Duty & VAT.
Brand Partner Bio
Our company empowers female artisans in Tsavo, Kenya. We support over 1800 women from 60 artisan groups by providing a market for their high quality handmade crafts. We assist the groups with raw materials, trainings in craft skills and other life-empowering workshops.
Our mission is to give as many people as possible in Tsavo, Kenya, a sustainable opportunity to earn their livelihood. To lift them out of poverty and take pressure off the land and wildlife which people in Tsavo share their homes with.
By purchasing our products you support:
❥ A woman in a remote, dry rural part of south-east Kenya where there are very few ways to make a living. Basket weaving means a vital income for her (and for all the 1500 women in the women groups that we now support). The money goes a long way, especially in the dry season, when she as a farmer often fails to produce enough harvest to even meet her family's basic needs. Basket weaving provides her with some financial stability, money to pay school fees and buy food.
❥ The conservation of a threatened forest and its wildlife. When harvests fail, people turn to other ways to provide an income for the family. It is not uncommon in Tsavo that people turn to cutting trees to turn them into charcoal, or poaching wildlife in the area. An income for basket weaving is the alternative we can offer.
❥ And of course, to keep the beautiful ancient local tradition of basketweaving part of the present and the future!