- Market basket in yellow and orange patterns with leather handles.
- Measures approx 16" length, 10" width, 13" basket height, and 6" handle height
- Use as basket for farmers market, harvesting, gardening, fruit picking, picnic or home decor.
- Hand woven from locally harvested and colorful dyed elephant grass.
- Made in Bolgatanga district of Ghana. Baskets are popular as Bolga baskets or Ghana baskets.
● Market basket in yellow and orange patterns with leather handles.
● Measures approx 16" length, 10" width, 13" basket height, and 6" handle height
● Use as basket for farmers market, harvesting, gardening, fruit picking, picnic or home decor.
● Hand woven from locally harvested and colorful dyed elephant grass.
● Made in Bolgatanga district of Ghana. Baskets are popular as Bolga baskets or Ghana baskets.
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Our vibrant colorful baskets are made by a women's artisan co-operative in the Bolgatanga region in Northern Ghana.
Artisans weave baskets using Veta Vera grass, a tropical grass grown in Southern Ghana. The grass is harvested, stored, and transported from Southern Ghana to Northern Ghana. Elephant grass is dyed, dried, twined, and woven into a basket. Grass staws are carefully selected by the weaver before weaving. It takes 3 days to weave a medium size basket. These baskets are exclusively woven in the Bolgatanga region in Northern Ghana.
Basket weaving is a major contributor to the Bolgatanga economy. Around 22% of their population is involved in weaving baskets.
