Kenya ✓ Verified craft Woven basket
Kiondo basketry
local name: Kiondo
Hand-woven sisal baskets from central and eastern Kenya, carried for everyday use.
SisalNatural fibersNatural dyes Hand weavingCoiling
The kiondo is a bag-basket woven mainly by Kikuyu and Kamba women, and also by Embu and Meru weavers, in central and eastern Kenya, from sisal and other plant fibres coloured with natural dyes. It is now an icon of Kenyan design.
Connections to other crafts
1 parallels · written by the consortium Kiondo basketry Alfa basketry
Strong parallel · share: Plant-fibre basketry passed down by women
Both weave plant fibres (alfa grass and sisal) and are carried by women; whether they share weaving techniques has not been compared yet.
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