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Assam Bamboo Basket

by Suresh Nayak

Nalumino Kakonkwe

Mufaasa Chisale

Assam Cane & Bamboo

Bamboo and cane are hand-woven and crafted into baskets, furniture, and functional objects.

Lozi Makenge Root Baskets

Roots are dried and hand-woven into open-weave baskets and trays.

Zambian Tonga Ilala Baskets

Hand-woven from ilala palm leaves, creating tightly coiled functional baskets.

Tonga Knowledge Archive

Documentation

The Tonga of Gwembe Valley: Ilala Palms and Displacement

The Tonga people of Zambia were displaced by the Kariba Dam in the late 1950s. Their ilala basket-weaving tradition survives—and now travels the world.