Hausa Shell Basket 02 new in This beautiful photograph was taken

This beautiful photograph was taken at Grumeti Reserve

Our artisans work with the ethos of wabi-sabi and have carefully crafted the pieces with minor imperfections to build character

Hand-caved from one piece of indigenous wood

Due to being hand-woven into organic shapes

created in traditional style

Hausa Shell Basket 02 new in This beautiful photograph was takenThese baskets are crafted by the Hausa people of Nigeria. Hand woven from grass and finished with leather with cowrie shells sewn on by hand. Cowrie shells are symbolic of wealth and the use of cowrie shells on these baskets indicates that they were used to store valuable content.