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Set of Three Handwoven Blue & Cream Bath Hamper Baskets, Fair Trade

$355.00


These Beautiful and bright blue and cream handcrafted baskets are made by Wolof women in rural Senegal. They have three nesting sizes in different but complementary patterns.

Over 100 women craft these beautiful baskets. bringing much-needed income to help support their families.  You can use them to store towels or blankets or just enjoy them as a  colorful, accent piece in your home.

This modern African artistry entails weaving in the coil style by binding dried cattail stalks with plastic strips salvaged from a Dakar mat factory. 

Because this is a handcrafted item, each may vary slightly. 

Origin: Senegal

Materials:  Typha (cattail) stalks & plastic,  ( Handles are all plastic)

Sold as a set of three baskets- one each of small, medium and large sizes

Size: Large- 18"D x 28"T , Medium- 16"D x 22"T , Small-13-14"D x 19-20"T

Materials:  Typha (cattail) stalks, plastic 

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Member of The Fair Trade Association. Providing fair payment to workers in developing nations, educating artisans and workers to increase their potential for advancement ensuring the rights of children, developing products and processes that protect and conserve the natural environment. 

Lends over 33 million pounds yearly to both producers in developing nations and the buyers who distribute their goods worldwide.

They provide business training to marginalized producers, furthering the sustainability of cooperative investments. Working with producers across Africa who value their natural environment and employ sustainable methods of production. Artisans are required to abide by local and export regulations governing the legal harvest of hardwoods to ensure compliance with U.S. import standards and to uphold proper management of their local forest resources. Artisans are encouraged to utilize materials fully by converting scraps into salable products Artisans are encouraged to utilize recycled, reclaimed and highly renewable materials in product design, and to isolate new sources of low-cost materials. 

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IMPACT:

  • Fair Trade
  • Sustainability
  • Socio-Economic
  • Business Training to Marginalized Producers
  • Eco-Friendly
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