- Height: approximately 3.75"
- Diameter: approximately 7.5"
- Color and Pattern: white and rainbow swirl
- Country of Origin: South Africa
This beautiful Zulu telephone wire basket combines traditional skills with modern materials. Serving equally well as a counter top bowl or as an art piece, it is strong and durable. It is handmade from plastic coated telephone wires woven into a swirl pattern in red, gold, blue, brown, olive, purple, and white with accentuating copper wire. It is approximately 3.75" deep by 7.5" in diameter, with rigid walls, and can be hand washed with warm, soapy water.
This Zulu wire basket is a fair trade product from South Africa. Achieving the incredibly tight weave requires significant hand and forearm strength, combined with the dexterity needed to produce intricate patterns. If you purchase this African basket you will receive the precise one seen in the image.
About the brand: Baskets of Africa, a Fair Trade Federation member, was founded in 2002 in New Mexico. It is dedicated to sourcing a wide range of high quality baskets from throughout Africa, while adhering to fair trade principles.
