Protea Basket Black and White - Medium
Add some gorgeous texture to your living space with this handwoven sisal basket. Display it on a table or hang it on the wall to showcase its beauty. Tintsaba baskets are recognised as world class, transcending the traditional craft into gallery art.
- Diameter 22 cm
- Material: sisal, a fibre made from the agave plant
- Fair Trade
- Handwoven by women in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland)
- About the Makers
- Shipping & Delivery
- Our Ethics
Tintsaba
Your purchase helps rural women in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) to continue to financially support their families through handicraft production.
Using a fine coiling technique, the baskets are woven from sisal, a fibre made from the agave plant which originated in, Mexico, and introduced to Africa to make the sisal fibre.
Before the sisal is ready for weaving it must be stripped, cleaned, and spun by hand. Weaving is a labour intensive task; it can up to 50 hours to spin the fine yarn and complete the weaving of a basket.
All of our products are packaged and shipped to you from our store in Melbourne, Victoria by one of our small team, using FSC certified paper bags and recycled paper pulp. When your beautiful products don't fit in one of our parcel bags, we try and reuse boxes that have been sent to us.
We can gift wrap products in your order at no extra cost. This can be added at checkout along with a short note to the person receiving the gift.
Enjoy $10 flat rate postage available Australia and New Zealand wide and FREE POSTAGE of orders over $150.00.
We will to ship your order within 2 business days through Australia Post. Express Post is also available and can be selected at checkout.
Our products are a curated selection of intentional and purposeful items which work towards alleviating global issues and inequities. Many of our products hold Fair Trade Certifications from the World Fair Trade Organisation, Fair Trade Australia & New Zealand as well as sustainable textile certifications such as the GOTS Certification. Read more about our product selection process here.
About the Makers
Tintsaba
Your purchase helps rural women in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) to continue to financially support their families through handicraft production.
Using a fine coiling technique, the baskets are woven from sisal, a fibre made from the agave plant which originated in, Mexico, and introduced to Africa to make the sisal fibre.
Before the sisal is ready for weaving it must be stripped, cleaned, and spun by hand. Weaving is a labour intensive task; it can up to 50 hours to spin the fine yarn and complete the weaving of a basket.
Shipping & Delivery
All of our products are packaged and shipped to you from our store in Melbourne, Victoria by one of our small team, using FSC certified paper bags and recycled paper pulp. When your beautiful products don't fit in one of our parcel bags, we try and reuse boxes that have been sent to us.
We can gift wrap products in your order at no extra cost. This can be added at checkout along with a short note to the person receiving the gift.
Enjoy $10 flat rate postage available Australia and New Zealand wide and FREE POSTAGE of orders over $150.00.
We will to ship your order within 2 business days through Australia Post. Express Post is also available and can be selected at checkout.
Our Ethics
Our products are a curated selection of intentional and purposeful items which work towards alleviating global issues and inequities. Many of our products hold Fair Trade Certifications from the World Fair Trade Organisation, Fair Trade Australia & New Zealand as well as sustainable textile certifications such as the GOTS Certification. Read more about our product selection process here.