Natural bowl basket

Our baskets are made from a local fibre taken from a type of palm leaf called raffia which is wrapped around long strips of banana leaf stems.  Artisans also make a range of baskets that use a combination of banana fibre (which comes from the bark of the banana tree) and raffia wrapped over coils of banana leaf stems.  

Basket weaving is carried out from a local community organization of woman in Uganda. From thier rural village they gather each day outside thier homes to socialize, and weave together in between their other domestic duties.  The knowledge on how to weave has been mostly passed down from generation to generation.