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Mesob basket weaving

Also known as Mesob

Mesob basket weaving: photograph by Betselot Yergalem
Photo: Betselot Yergalem, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Coil grass and weave colour patterns into a lidded serving basket.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ethiopia.

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: Nile and the Horn.

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