Tonga Baskets - Colour Brown (XS30.46) Action and after several years working

and after several years working in commercial photography returned his focus to his fine art roots

Orriginally the beads were used as a form of currency

They can be hand-cut from various metal: silver

These are really fun and high quality showing hand carved zebra

Tonga Baskets - Colour Brown (XS30.46) Action and after several years workingA handwoven Tonga winnowing basket from Zimbabwe These solid edged baskets are the pinnacle of the basket makers art in Zimbabwe. Each begins as a woven square and is worked into an almost perfect circle a form still used to winnow grain today. Theyre affectionately known as grandmother baskets, as fewer younger weavers are learning the craft. This colourful range carries a lovely sustainability story too: the weavers work strands of discarded plastic