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Kiondo basket weaving

Also known as Kiondo

Kiondo basket weaving: photograph by Antony Trivet
Photo: Antony Trivet, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Choose sisal strand colours and weave bands row by row, matching a pattern with diamonds and stripes on a bag.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Kenya.

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: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.

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