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Tall Hand Woven Multi-Colored Storage Basket, Fair Trade & Eco-Friendly

$299.00
color: Multi-Coloredra Large


These beautiful extra large handwoven rainbow baskets are made by the amazing Wolof women artisans in rural Senegal using cattail stalks. Over 100 women craft these baskets. bringing much-needed income to help support their families.  You can use it as a hamper, for blankets or towels, or store toys or stuffed animals in it too!

The 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 & sizes can vary a bit. 

Origin: Senegal

Size:  17"D x 32"T

Materials:  Typha (cattail) stalks, recycled plastic 

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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