Tonga Basket - Assorted
These solid-edged baskets are the apex of the Bathonga people basket maker’s art in Zimbabwe and Southern Zambia. The baskets made from the Ilala palm leaf start as a woven square and end up almost perfectly round. Resembling the scales of a serpent, the pattern on the edging is referred to as “snake’s belly”. Palm fibres are dyed using tree bark to make fibres with different colours. The design is very functional, as the baskets are used to winnow grain even today. The baskets are sometimes called “grandmother baskets” because few younger women are making them.
Available in 5 sizes:
Extra Extra Small - 25cm
Extra Small - 30cm
Small - 40cm
Medium - 45cm
Large - 50cm
Extra Large - 70cm
