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Handwoven Teardrop Basket - Assorted Rainbow
Handwoven Teardrop Basket - Assorted Rainbow

Handwoven Teardrop Basket - Assorted Rainbow

Rated 4.9 out of 5
Based on 48 reviews
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Market baskets are used traditionally in West Africa to carry produce to and from markets or farms.

*Woven in an assortment of colors and patterns, all decided by the artisans who weave them. Every basket is one-of-a-kind, woven with a deep cultural and spiritual meaning, for a beautiful surprise! Please note that you will be receiving one basket out of an assorted colorful collection. Colors and fabric designs are subject to change.

Measurements: 15” x 14” x 9" - size varies

Care Instructions: To reshape your basket, dunk liberally into water, mold and re-shape to your liking, and air dry thoroughly. Avoid direct light for best color retention.

Materials: Vetiver grass, *product contains up-cycled leather materials


THE STORY BEHIND THE PRODUCT

Artisan Organization: TradeAID International

Country: Bolgatanga, Ghana

Straw basket weaving is a common trade in northern Ghana, especially in the Upper East Region, where mostly women execute this incredible craft. The Handwoven African Market Baskets utilize a very intricate process –– it can take up to seven days to complete one basket!

Akugre Alebipoorum is one of TradeAID’s weavers. She is in her late sixties and lives in Sumbrungu, a suburb of Bolgatanga. Akugre has been weaving baskets for 20 years to earn enough income to care for herself and her family.  Thanks to TradeAID’s weaving center, she and her fellow weavers can now sit and do their weaving comfortably. And with the introduction of fair trade payments, she is able to save enough money in the rural bank so she can pay her children’s school fees, unlike how she was previously living, from hand to month.

Basket weaving with TradeAID has changed Akugre’s life and the lives of many other women in her community. And working with Globeln, which provides a steady stream of orders, enables her to continue to provide food for her children and meet all of her other needs.

Akugre loved seeing her photo (with the basket she made!) so much that she asked our photographer if she could have a copy for herself, which he happily supplied.

average rating 4.9 out of 5
Based on 48 reviews
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Reviewed by Norene D.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5
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Great

The colors I received were perfect for my house.

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Reviewed by Sherry C.
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Teardrop basket

Beautiful and large

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Reviewed by Lisa P.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5
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Great basket!

Vibrant colors, very well constructed. Worth the purchase for sure.

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Reviewed by Priscilla E.
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Basket

Love these huge baskets

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Reviewed by Lindsay P.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5
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beautiful basket

I received a beautiful multicolored (pinks, greens, yellow) basket which fits about a load of laundry or a few blankets. it looks wonderful in my boho home and adds need storage in a pretty way.

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