Hausa Shell Basket 02 new in These pulleys are commissions works

These pulleys are commissions works

Hand-caved from one piece of indigenous wood

Our artisans work with the ethos of wabi-sabi and have carefully crafted the pieces with minor imperfections to build character

They are hand-carved from indigenous wood and often have a shell disk design

This beautiful photograph was taken at Grumeti Reserve

Hausa Shell Basket 02 new in These pulleys are commissions worksThese baskets are crafted by the Hausa people of Nigeria. Hand woven from grass and finished with leather with cowrie shells sewn on by hand. Cowrie shells are symbolic of wealth and the use of cowrie shells on these baskets indicates that they were used to store valuable content.