Tonga Basket Natural (70-11) Outdoor Side Table Buying it supports the makers

Buying it supports the makers directly

The water system is built inside the frame and is super easy to refill

Origin:  South America and Africa they can grow several meters long

planter surround or storage piece

which is then dyed using leaves from the n'gallama tree and patterned by hand with fermented mud — washed and reworked repeatedly to build up the dark background tone against the pale

Tonga Basket Natural (70-11) Outdoor Side Table Buying it supports the makersA handwoven natural Tonga basket in Ilala palm These solid edged baskets are the pinnacle of the Tonga (Bathonga) basket maker's art in Zimbabwe and Southern Zambia. Woven from Ilala palm leaf, each starts as a square and is coiled into an almost perfect circle. The fine edging is known as snake's belly for its serpent scale pattern, and the soft natural tones come from dyes made with tree bark. Traditionally used to winnow grain, today they make