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OUR ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE:
U$ 42.00

BEER BASKET HAND WOVEN FROM GRASS

From the Mountain Kingdom of Swaziland.

Beautifully hand woven beer basket in grass. These items are very scarce and absolutely unique. An incredible amount of work goes into the making of these items.

Firstly, only a very special type of grass is used. This type of grass only grows in certain areas high in the mountains and days are spent to harvest it. Secondly, the dyeing process is also a cumbersome one, since only certain natural plants are used for this.

Once the grass is dyed, it is very, very tightly woven to form the most beautiful patterns. These beer pots are used by the men to take along their home brewed beer or sour milk (Amasi) when going away from home on hunts.

Because they are so tightly woven, they will never leak and keep the contents very cool, even on the hottest days. It is dipped into water from time to time and then hanged in trees, where the slightest breeze will chill the contents.

These unique items are unfortunately becoming very scarce with the gradual Westernisation of Swaziland and there are only a handfull of people who do still weave the pots.

Please note that items are never duplicated, and that each piece is unique. You would thus not necessarily recieve the same design as reflected on this page.

Measurements: 18 cm. (H) X 14 cm. (W) (7.2 X 5.6 inches)