With its lush lido green stripes and a contrasting blue base, KUBWA is a sisal basket bag that’s the perfect accessory for summer festivals, market trips and the beach. 

The Basket Room partners with a network of twelve Kenyan weaving groups - with over thirty weavers in each group – to produce these green and blue striped woven totes. Weaving each basket bag can take up to six days: this is flexible work that fits in around domestic work, childcare and farming. Finished baskets are then sent to a Nairobi leather workshop where cow hide shoulder straps are produced and attached by skilled leatherworkers. 

Basket weaving is a skill passed from grandmothers to mothers to daughters all over Africa, and what was once a pastime is now a profitable craft for many skilled women. Your purchases keep hundreds of weavers in this group busy, and able to support their families more sustainably throughout the year. 

Material:  Sisal, Leather Straps   

Dimensions approx: W40cm X H30cm / W15" x H11" (width is measured at the widest part of the bag)

Strap Length approx: 29cm / 11" 

Please note, as this is a handmade product, dimensions & colour may vary from those shown in the photographs.

HANDMADE IN KENYA