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African Baskets - Bolga Baskets

African Baskets - Bolga Baskets

The African Baskets are beautiful, eco-friendly and fair trade; perfect for carrying and storing.
  
Hand-woven in Ghana, these Fair Trade Baskets are made mainly by farm families from the historic town of Bolgatanga, Ghana. Aptly named, the baskets are called Bolga Baskets. The African Bolga Baskets are all natural baskets made from elephant grass. They are dyed with natural plant pigments and finished with goat hide handles. The elephant grass grows wild and is harvested, dried into straw and then, woven mainly by the women of the village. The men primarily tan the goat hides and work the leather handles of these African Baskets.

Women weave & men work the leather on the African Baskets.
Women generally weave the baskets while the men work the sturdy,
leather handles for the baskets.


Creating a Bolga Basket.Basket in process.

Click to view and purchase the African Bolga Baskets.


Afrian Basket in process.
Weaving the Basket.
Securing the basket handle.
Attaching handles along with woven loops
at each end of basket.
Under a shelter while working on the baskets.
Working under a small shelter.
Farm families supplement their unpredictable crop income. They have been weaving and selling these hand crafted baskets for generations. The purchase of the Bolga Baskets helps the farmers of Bolgatana.

The Baskets:
The specialized weaving process and leather handles makes these baskets strong and flexible. They can be easily reshaped or washed by wetting them with warm water and forming them with your hands. The all natural dyes do a run a little and so you do not want to get a wet basket against your clothes.

Use baskets to carry produce from the farmers market or to store or carry things about your home.
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