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Handwoven from elephant grass in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana, our African Bolga baskets are made for daily use and shaped to last. These handwoven baskets come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colours, and move easily between the market, the kitchen, and the home.
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Basket weaving has been central to community life in Bolgatanga for generations, with techniques and patterns passed between weaving families rather than through formal instruction. The elephant grass used for weaving grows in the flood plains of the White Volta near Bolgatanga, harvested and prepared locally
before weaving begins. Bashiri has worked directly with weavers in the Bolgatanga region since 1997, visiting annually and selecting every basket in person. That relationship means we know our makers by name, and have built long-standing connections with the weaving community.
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This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This woven bike basket is natural, finished with colourful diagonal stripes near the top.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. Mostly natural, this handmade basket carries a navy zigzag band, teal diamonds, and pink stripes down the body.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This woven basket is green with playful zigzag trim in red.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This African basket repeats green, black, hot pink, and natural in bold stepped bands.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This bolga bike basket is natural with fine multicolour striping through the centre.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This bicycle basket is deep purple, with a pink, green, and natural diagonal weave through the centre.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
This bike basket fastens onto your handlebars with two stainless steel buckles and leather straps cut from recycled offcuts. This woven bike basket comes in bold red with playful stepped detailing.
Dimensions: Width 20cm, height 24cm, length 38cm
The Paga Basket has a distinctive vessel form, with a broad rounded centre tapering towards the base and opening. Woven in Bolgatanga from elephant grass (veta vera) sourced around the White Volta flood plains, its unusual proportions make it particularly suited to floor display, dried arrangements or decorative storage. Each Paga is individually woven, so the shape, pattern and dimensions vary from basket to basket.
Approx. 46cm H x 24cm Bottom base x 47cm Wide in middle
This natural Bolga bicycle basket is woven by Frafra weavers in Bolgatanga from undyed elephant grass (veta vera), allowing the colour and texture of the fibre to remain visible. Designed to attach to a bicycle for carrying everyday essentials, its structured woven body provides useful storage while keeping the distinctive character of a traditional Bolga basket.
They include two stainless buckles with untreated, biodegradable, and recycled leather straps made of reused & repurposed off-cuts.
Bolga mega wawa basket, oblong with a double weave. Two layers of elephant grass coil through the body instead of one, a technique only the most experienced weavers take on, and it’s what gives the mega wawa its wide, open shape while keeping it sturdy even when loaded.
A handwoven bolga basket with pink, green and navy horizontal stripes, finished with leather handles. Sturdy enough for daily use.
Dimensions: Width 33cm, height 24cm, length 62cm.
Bolga mega wawa basket, oblong with a double weave. Two layers of elephant grass coil through the body instead of one, a technique only the most experienced weavers take on, and it’s what gives the mega wawa its wide, open shape while keeping it sturdy even when loaded.
A handmade african basket with teal, rust, navy and green banded stripes on natural straw, finished with leather handles. Handy for an everyday shop.
Dimensions: Width 33cm, height 24cm, length 62cm.
Bolga mega wawa basket, oblong with a double weave. Two layers of elephant grass coil through the body instead of one, a technique only the most experienced weavers take on, and it’s what gives the mega wawa its wide, open shape while keeping it sturdy even when loaded.
A handwoven woven basket with bright green stripe accents over a natural-and-black weave and a rust band through the middle, finished with leather handles. Solid enough for daily use.
Dimensions: Width 33cm, height 24cm, length 62cm.
Bolga baskets are handwoven in Bolgatanga, Northern Ghana, using locally grown elephant grass.
Artisans craft each basket by hand using traditional weaving techniques passed down through generations.
Valued for their strength and flexibility, they’re commonly used for décor, storage, shopping, laundry, and carrying.
Each basket reflects the skill and choices of the individual weaver, and we work directly with weaving communities in Ghana, supporting long-standing relationships and ongoing livelihoods.
Some Bolga baskets are offered with a colour of your choice option, where you select preferred colour tones and a basket is chosen to match.
In addition, all styles are also individually listed, with each basket photographed and named, so you receive the exact piece shown.
Both options are handwoven in Ghana and finished by individual makers.
Our woven baskets are made for everyday life, with styles including market baskets for carrying, round baskets for décor or general storage, African laundry baskets, baby Moses baskets, and oval baskets with an elongated shape.
Each style is crafted around its purpose, from sturdy, open forms for shopping to deeper, more contained designs for the home.
Finishes range from natural weaves to patterned and coloured designs, with leather or vegan handle options.
African Bolga baskets are packed to help maintain their shape in transit and are shipped from Australia. Shipping costs and delivery timeframes are calculated at checkout based on your location and order size. We offer free shipping Australia-wide on orders over $90.
Full details are available on our shipping page.
