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Botswana coil basket weaving

Also known as Gumare · Etsha baskets (ikalanga, Hambukushu coil style)

Botswana coil basket weaving: photograph by OtengPortia
Photo: OtengPortia, CC0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Coil dyed palm strips into a bowl and choose patterns (like river, tears of giraffe, python tracks) so repeating motifs line up around the curve.

Heritage note

A tradition shared by communities in many places.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin.

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