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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.

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