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Agaseke basket weaving

Also known as Agaseke · Igiseke

Agaseke basket weaving: photograph by Honorine Umutoni
Photo: Honorine Umutoni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Coil sisal and grass in rising rings, switch colours at the right turns to make triangles and zigzags, finish with a lid.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Rwanda.

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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