Traditional Grass Peace Basket

$60.00

This beautiful and delicate basket is the quintessential Rwandan gift.  The artisan weaves for about a week, using valley grasses and banana leaves over a papyrus frame, to create each Traditional Peace Basket.

Bring ethical, fair trade beauty into your home décor.

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Description

In Rwanda, Traditional Peace Baskets are often used to hold other gifts- like the one given by every bride to her new husband’s mother. These baskets are then proudly displayed in the home or used to contain dry goods such as beans or rice.

The Traditional Journey Design

Our artisan partner Pascasie Mukaburigo is an elder and founder of the Peace Baskets Cooperative.  Pascasie told us that the basket’s traditional pattern, called umuraza, represents a path travelled together.
Imagine two friends walking together to visit another dear friend.  On their heads, they carry traditional baskets, filled with gifts from their harvest.  They journey together down the path, through the hills of Rwanda, pausing to chat, and continuing on to the home of their friend.

 

A gift to a mother is given discreetly, held in a beautiful basket.
It is the mother who holds the secrets of the heart.

– Rwandan Tradition

Celebrate your love for people, resilience and beauty with our artisan-made home décor and gifts.  Azizi Life is committed to loving, fair trade, ethical relationships.  A portion of profit is donated to benefit our community impact projects.

The Handcrafted Details

  • An artisan weaves for about a week to complete one basket.
  • Crafted from valley grasses and banana leaves, woven over a papyrus frame.
  • Masterfully sized, the lid snaps on by aligning it with the base from back to front.
  • Approximately 12.5 inches tall (including the lid).
  • Care: Dust with a smooth, dry cloth.  Or feather duster.  Everyone loves a good feather duster!
  • Note: Azizi Life goods are crafted from natural and locally-available raw materials.  As such, each product is unique and may vary slightly in size or shade of color.  Woven products exposed to sun or water may fade or become more malleable with time.
  • Ethically crafted by a person in rural Rwanda.
  • Azizi Life is a member of the Fair Trade Federation and committed to fair trade principles.
  • Every product supports our community impact projects.
  • Also available in Rwanda at the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.