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Basket ware includes useful decorative objects that are made from natural materials, like twigs from trees like willow, vines, and grasses and wood. Other materials include canes, long flat strips made from fibrous plant cores, and reeds, or broad-leafed grasses. Basket ware can be used for various things such as a home decoration or a holder for fruits. Basket ware comes in endless varieties of patterns, and many have wonderful decorative designs on their surfaces. Browse through this category for various basket ware available in Zambian stores.
While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be used. Baskets are generally woven by hand. Some baskets are fitted with a lid, while others are left open on top.
A basket is a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff fibres and can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be used. Baskets are generally woven by hand. Some baskets are fitted with a lid, while others are left open on top.
Baskets serve utilitarian as well as aesthetic purposes. Some baskets are ceremonial, that is religious, in nature.[1] While baskets are usually used for harvesting, storage and transport,[2] specialized baskets are used as sieves for a variety of purposes, including cooking, processing seeds or grains, tossing gambling pieces, rattles, fans, fish traps, and laundry.
Baskets can last indefinitely if stored in a moderate environment. Not too dry (not in an attic) and not too wet (not in a humid area). Reed, however, has its limitations. The only way to find out if your stored reed is useable for weaving baskets is to soak it for 15 minutes and try it out.
There are four different types of basketry methods: coiling, plaiting, twining, and wicker.
Ways to Use Wicker Baskets
Baskets are made for a variety of purposes, including food gathering and storage, furnishings, garments and ceremonial uses. Basketry can transmit important artistic knowledge and cultural traditions.
A basket can store wet or dry clothes, dirty or clean, and will handle everything from holding the dirty clothes as they build up to transporting them to the washer and back. It's also sturdy enough to carry a box of detergent along with your laundry, no problem.