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.
Meaning & stories
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. Fuller stories arrive with the client's day-15 content batch.
Every object here carries a story its maker will tell you if you ask.
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