CHALI: Brown & Grey Colour Block Woven Basket
Description
Designed exclusively by The Basket Room, the CHALI duo colour block baskets come in three handy sizes and boast thick bands of natural and brown. These woven baskets come in three different sizes and can be used all over the home as fruit bowls and desk tidies, bedside table baskets and bread baskets. Need more inspo? Check out our basket uses page HERE.
These baskets are handwoven by a small collective of female weavers living near the Masinga Dam in Kenya – one of seven dams on the River Tana. Their chairlady started managing basket production in 1993, and today she leads several groups with specific production roles from twisting to dyeing and weaving sisal fibres.
Backing all the values of fair trade, our work with weaving cooperatives empowers women to support their families with a flexible income in the dry seasons, where subsistence farming often fails to meet the needs of the family. When you take home one of our woven baskets you actively support these weavers and their families, supporting our commitment to dignified working conditions. You can meet the weavers HERE.
Material: SISAL (naturally dyed) & BRANDED LEATHER TAB
Dimensions (approx):
Please note, as this is a handmade product, dimensions & colour may vary from those shown in the photographs.
HANDMADE IN KENYA
Our journey into sustainable style began in Kenya, and the lion’s share of our woven baskets are Kenyan-made. Whilst every region of Kenya boasts its own rich natural bounty, each cooperative we partner with offers expertise in its own unique form of basketry. Weaving, dyeing and grass-rolling techniques differ across the regions as much as basket shapes, patterns and structures. These precious crafts are woven through the generations within families - passed along continuous thread from mother to daughter - protecting and preserving an art form as old as man.
Vast and colourful, vibrant and bursting with natural beauty and style, our fair trade baskets are as eclectic as their homeland and its people. From sisal grass to doum palm, banana leaf fibres to palm leaf, each weaving cooperative works with what is locally available and only what can be sustainably sourced, to produce beautiful baskets which are 100% Kenyan made, and ethically produced. All cow hide bag tags, straps, and basket labels are made from leather sourced as a by-product of the food industry. Natural dyes come from pounded roots, bark and vegetables of the region, whilst all synthetic dyes are sustainably sourced.
From the Kamba tribe to the camel-herding Ariaal pastoralists of Northern Kenya, you can read more about the lives of the Kenyan weavers we work with - and the wonderful baskets they produce - below.
Meet The Artisans
Who Made Your Basket?
United StatesPerfect small-size basket with a myriad of uses!
The Basket Room
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United KingdomBeautifully made, attractive and so useful
Great service as always from The Basket Room. I can’t fault them and the variety of baskets is amazing. I also love the fact that by buying from them I am supporting women in Africa. The baskets are very well made and they are so useful for keeping things tidy. They make great gifts, too.
The Basket Room
Thank you so much for your lovely review and kind words! We are grateful for your continued support shopping with us at The Basket Room.
United KingdomI particularly love this set
So useful for keeping things tidy. They arrived super quickly and they make wonderful gifts.
The Basket Room
Thank you for your review and shopping with us at The Basket Room! We hope your recipients love them as much as you do!
United KingdomBeautiful
This is a brilliant company! Love the baskets they are beautifully made. Thank you
The Basket Room
Thank you for your kind words and shopping with The Basket Room. Enjoy your new basket!
