Wall composition of African baskets

Wall composition of African baskets
These wall baskets or trivets are handmade in West Africa (Benin-Nigeria). They are woven from straw dyed with natural pigments.
Ideal for protecting table tops and surfaces, hot dishes, stains and scratches with originality and style.
Bring a special touch to your walls, with these different warm and authentic wall compositions.
Make your choice among the different compositions proposed.

Originally, these flat baskets were used as lids to be placed on top of earthenware jars or calabashes to keep water, cereals, certain prepared foods such as donuts or porridges, safely in the fridge. protected from insects or dust. Each motif being unique, everyone in the village knows which household they belong to.

Today, they are diverted from their primary use to decorate our tables and our walls.

They are woven by hand from dried vegetable fibers and dyed with natural ocher and indigo pigments.

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