Name: XXL Round Bolga Basket - Portly
Brand: Bashiri
SKU: round-basket-xl-567-Portly
Price: 100.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

XXL Round Bolga Basket – Portly

$100

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This extra-large Bolga basket is handwoven from elephant grass in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana. The extra size holds a grocery shop, towels or blankets, firewood by the hearth, or toys kept off the floor. Rich, earthy tones and natural grass form upright stripes and blocks, under a deep-toned rim and handle wraps. Its wide body stands firm and steady.

Dimensions: Diameter 48cm, height 29cm.

Only 1 left in stock

Description

XL round Bolga basket in rust, brown and natural elephant grass weave with leather handle, styled in a home setting with a blanket inside, handwoven in Bolgatanga Ghana

extra large woven baskets

Round Bolga baskets are coiled from elephant grass in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana.
The pattern is the weaver’s own, worked out over years of practice, and the colour is dyed into the grass before weaving so it runs right through the fibre.

Soyiokoo Marry, one of Bashiri’s weavers in Bolgatanga, learned weaving from her mother and aunts, whom she describes as the best weavers of their time.
She names the round basket as her favourite to weave.
She also trades fruit and vegetables at the market, set out in fruit bowls she wove herself.

The extra large size handles shopping, picnic gear, and storage around the house, with leather handles made from offcuts.