African Woven Harvest Basket | Mini Navy & Natural Mix
These mini Harvest Baskets are absolutely the cutest. Great for harvesting smaller crops or displaying items on your kitchen counter. Kids will love grabbing a mini harvest basket and following you into the garden to harvest!
Bolgatanga is the largest town in the Upper East region of Ghana, about 20 miles South of the Burkina Faso border and very close to the edge of the Sahara Desert. The sun roasts the villages of northern Ghana year round, except during the 2-3 months of rainy season when it rains, rains, rains. The people living there are traditionally farmers and herdsman, but with its variable climate farming is very difficult. Local women supplement the family income by weaving the baskets we refer to as Bolga baskets which are hand-woven using locally-grown straw.
Basket weaving has helped bring much needed income to the villages surrounding Bolgatanga. The traditional skill which has been handed down from generation to generation provides employment to approximately 10,000 people, mostly women. An average of two baskets a week can be woven by a woman who also has household chores, firewood collection, water collection, washing and the care of her children to tend to each day.
Colors & patterns will vary from basket to baskets as they are uniquely & beautifully hand crafted.
Basket Dimensions: 6”-8” diameter & 5”-6” tall (not including the handle)
