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Bolga Basket Weaver

Also known as Bolga baskets

Bolga Basket Weaver: photograph by Dnshitobu
Photo: Dnshitobu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Coil and weave dyed elephant-grass strands into baskets, matching size and colour patterns to market orders as you build up quick stacks.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ghana.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Sahel, West and Central.

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