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Ethiopian Grass Decor Basket, handwoven from natural dry grass with genuine leather handles. The body is woven entirely by hand using natural dry grass. Each piece of grass is selected and woven tightly to create a strong, durable basket. The leather handles are cut and attached by hand, giving the basket a clean finish and making it easy to carry or hang.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
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Ethiopian Woven Storage Basket, handwoven from dry grass with tied genuine leather handles. This handwoven basket features a unique leather handle design. Unlike standard baskets where handles attach at the top rim, these genuine leather handles are tied further down below the rim. This creates a deeper basket with a different look and feel. The basket is made in Ethiopia from natural dry grass woven entirely by hand. The body is tall and sturdy. The leather handles are hand cut, knotted, and secured below the rim so the basket opens wider at the top while keeping the handles low for easy carrying. This design works especially well for storing blankets, pillows, towels, or other soft items that need a deeper basket.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
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This medium basket features two brown leather handles stitched directly into the woven grass. The body is made in Ethiopia from natural dry grass and the handles are cut from brown genuine leather. Unlike baskets with tied or knotted handles, these handles are stitched flat against the grass for a cleaner look and a more comfortable grip. Use it to carry bread to the table, hold fruit in your kitchen, or take it to the market for shopping. The natural grass gives a warm golden brown color and the dark brown leather handles add a simple contrast. The medium size fits comfortably in one hand or over your arm. No machines or factories.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
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This large handwoven basket comes with a fitted lid and no handles. The basket and lid are both made in Ethiopia from natural dry grass woven entirely by hand. The lid sits snug on the basket and lifts off easily. The large size works perfectly as a laundry basket in your bedroom, a blanket storage box in your living room, a toy box in a child's room, or a decorative storage piece anywhere in your home. The natural grass gives a warm golden brown color. The lid keeps contents dust free and hidden. No machines or factories are used.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
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A handwoven straw basket bag with a deep violet cotton band around the rim, a long fringed scarf in the same violet tied at the front and twin braided rope handles. This is the plain one of the pair, and that is the point. The colour sits in one block rather than a print, so it goes with a patterned dress without arguing with it, and it reads as a handbag rather than a beach basket. If you would rather the bag were the colourful thing, pick the Sunset Stripe Woven Basket Bag instead. The body is plaited by hand in a close diagonal weave, so it stands up on its own and holds a good deal more than it looks. The scarf is threaded through a beaded loop at the front and carries fine grey and silver stripes through the violet, so it can be untied and worn. Keep it dry, brush the weave rather than washing it, and hand wash the scarf separately.
Sold by Alpha Threads Fashions • NAIROBI
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This small handwoven basket comes with a fitted lid and no handles. The basket and lid are both made in Ethiopia from natural dry grass woven entirely by hand. The lid sits snug on the basket and lifts off easily. The small size works perfectly as a jewelry box on your dresser, a keepsake box for small items, or a bedside table box for glasses, phone, or wallet. The natural grass gives a warm golden brown color.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
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A woven straw basket bag with a giraffe print fabric trim at the top, dark bound handles, and a large giraffe head worked in beads across the front. The applique is the reason to buy this one. The giraffe is outlined and filled in individual beads sewn onto the weave, not printed and not glued, so it stands slightly proud of the surface and catches the light as you move. It takes longer than the basket underneath it. The shape is the standard Kenyan market basket, wide at the mouth with a flat base that lets it stand on its own, and it measures around 35cm by 45cm. Spot clean the fabric and keep the straw dry. Do not scrub the beaded panel.
Sold by Alpha Threads Fashions • NAIROBI
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A woven straw basket bag with a metallic silver blue lower body, a light blue fabric trim at the top, rope handles bound in matching print, and a striped turquoise and tan scarf tied at the front. The scarf is the part worth knowing about. It is tied through a dark band with a buckle rather than stitched on, so you can untie it and wear it, or take it off altogether and have a plain metallic basket instead. That makes this closer to two bags than one. It is a market and beach shape, wide at the mouth and flat at the base so it stands up when you put it down, and it measures around 35cm by 45cm. Spot clean the fabric and keep the straw dry. If the weave loses its shape, pack it out rather than folding it.
Sold by Alpha Threads Fashions • NAIROBI
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This large handwoven basket comes with a matching lid and genuine leather handle, making it perfect for laundry, home decor, or extra storage. The basket is made in Ethiopia from natural dry grass woven entirely by hand. The lid fits snug on top and the leather handle is hand cut and attached for easy carrying.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
Home Decor
A drawstring bottle carrier sewn from red check Maasai shuka cloth with a black fabric top. It holds a standard wine or spirit bottle, closing around the neck with a red braided drawstring finished in wooden beads, and decorated with strands of blue, white and red seed beads ending in a small metal disc. It turns a bottle into a gift in one move, so it suits housewarmings, weddings, dinners and any occasion where the wrapping should say as much as the bottle, and between occasions it stores the bottle looking better than a box would. The maker gives the size as about 35 cm tall and 10 cm across the base. The carrier is sewn and beaded by hand in Kenya. Spot clean with a damp cloth and let it dry away from direct heat.
Sold by Tribal Shop • Kenya
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A handwoven straw basket bag with a red striped cotton band around the rim, a matching fringed scarf tied at the front and twin braided rope handles. The stripes carry red, blue, yellow and deep purple all at once, which is the reason to pick this one: it does not need matching to an outfit, because most of your summer wardrobe is already somewhere in it. If you would rather the bag sat quietly against a printed dress, the Royal Purple Wrap Basket is the better buy of the two. The body is plaited by hand in a close diagonal weave, so it holds its shape when you set it down and opens wide enough for a towel, a book and the shopping. The handles are wrapped cord rather than plain rope, and the scarf is tied through a beaded loop at the front, so it can be untied and worn or retied differently. Keep it dry, brush the weave out rather than washing it, and hand wash the scarf separately.
Sold by Alpha Threads Fashions • NAIROBI
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This small serving basket is handwoven in Ethiopia from natural dry grass with genuine leather handles. The body is made entirely by hand using dried grass woven tight and strong. The leather handles are cut and attached by hand making the basket easy to carry and perfect for serving bread, fruit, snacks, or small items at your table.
Sold by Noah's Weave • Addis Ababa
Guide d'achat
Deux traditions dominent ici. Les paniers éthiopiens sont spiralés en herbe séchée, en anneaux concentriques serrés, souvent munis d'un couvercle, et servent traditionnellement à présenter l'injera ou à garder des objets précieux. Les paniers kiondo du Kenya sont tissés en fibre de sisal, souvent finis par des anses en cuir, et conçus pour être portés tous les jours plutôt qu'admirés sur une étagère.
Choisissez selon l'usage, pas seulement selon l'apparence. Un panier à couvercle cache le désordre et sert de rangement au salon ou dans une chambre. Un panier de service ouvert trouve sa place sur une table ou au mur. Un kiondo en sisal à anses de cuir est avant tout un sac. Les dimensions sont données en centimètres sur ces pages, et il vaut la peine de mesurer l'étagère ou le coin prévu avant de commander, car les paniers tissés à la main sont souvent plus grands en vrai qu'en photo.
L'herbe et le sisal sont des fibres naturelles : chaque pièce varie légèrement en couleur et en tressage. Tenez-les à l'abri d'une exposition prolongée au soleil, qui fait passer les teintures, et époussetez-les plutôt que de les laver. Un panier bien fait dure des dizaines d'années.
Questions fréquentes
Sokofa (sokofa.com) vend des paniers tissés à la main directement par les artisans, dont des paniers spiralés en herbe d'Éthiopie et des paniers kiondo en sisal du Kenya. Chaque annonce indique le vendeur et les dimensions, et les commandes sont expédiées dans le monde entier, avec le coût de livraison affiché au moment du paiement.
Le kiondo est le sac-panier kényan tissé à la main, en fibre de sisal, généralement fini par des anses ou des bandoulières en cuir. C'est l'un des sacs du quotidien les plus solides qui soient, et il est tissé à la main plutôt que fabriqué à la machine.
Traditionnellement, ils servent à présenter l'injera et à ranger des souvenirs et des bijoux, d'où le couvercle sur beaucoup d'entre eux. Dans une maison au Royaume-Uni, ils font tout aussi bien office de rangement, de corbeille à fruits ou de décoration murale.
Époussetez-le ou essuyez-le avec un chiffon à peine humide ; ne le faites pas tremper, car l'eau fragilise la fibre naturelle et peut le déformer. Tenez-le à l'abri d'une exposition prolongée au soleil pour que les herbes teintes gardent leur couleur.
