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The Basket Room / Chombo / Sunny Yellow Wool and Sisal Tote Bag

With its cheerful of stripes of yellow pop and its contrasting lavender base, chombo is a basket bag of ice cream dreams. Perfect for taking to work and the gym, the market, summer festivals or the beach, this pastel-coloured tote was woven by a member of a family-run weaving group in the eastern region of kenya.

The Basket Room partners with a network of twelve kenyan weaving groups - with over thirty weavers in each group – to produce these green and blue striped woven totes. Weaving each basket bag can take up to six days: this is flexible work that fits in around domestic work, childcare and farming. Finished baskets are then sent to a nairobi leather workshop where cow hide shoulder straps are produced and attached by skilled leatherworkers. 

Basket weaving is a skill passed from grandmothers to mothers to daughters all over africa, and what was once a pastime is now a profitable craft for many skilled women.

Details

• Made in Kenya • Dimensions: 11.8″ (30 cm) • Weight: 2.2 lb (1 kg)

Eco-friendly information

• Packaging: Recyclable • Product Materials: Biodegradable • Production: Ethically sourced