Vintage Tonga Binga Basket (48.11) Wood 55cm diameter (handmade

55cm diameter (handmade

The same beautiful craftsmanship in a child-friendly size — a charming

surrounded by cowrie shells with a central cluster of cowrie beads

Makenge baskets are testament to the weaving skills of the Mbundu and Losi people of Zambia

Size 38cmH x 18cmW

Vintage Tonga Binga Basket (48.11) Wood 55cm diameter (handmadeThese vintage handwoven baskets are the apex of the Bathonga people in Zimbabwe and Southern Zambia. The baskets made from the Ilala palm leaf start as a woven square and end up almost perfectly round. The pattern on the edging is referred to as snakes belly, as the pattern resembles the scales of a serpent. Palm fibres are died using tree bark to make fibres with different colours. These particular range of baskets are vintage originally used to