Braided Baskieta basket with handle

Baskieta basket with handle

Nice quality Baskieta basket of woven light brown Warimbo with handle and lid with eye and colored edge. The natural color brown gives this round basket a classic look. The colored border on both the basket and the lid in red, green, white and yellow gives the basket a modern accent.

Baskieta basket, a woven basket from Suriname with lid and handle. Can also be used as a storage basket for your loose items. This basket is handmade by the Indians from the Surinamese Amazon.

• Height: approx. 30 cm with handle approx. 46 cm
• Diameter: approx. 34 cm

Warimbo is a herbaceous plant with broad, oval leaves. The Indians cut thin strips from the stem, which can be meters long, which they use for weaving baskets, for example. It is mainly utensils - baskets, presses, sieves - that are woven; yet much attention is paid to the braiding patterns.