Bolga Handbags

Baskets available are in order, left to right, top to bottom - please select accordingly. Note - new photos are of unformed baskets but they are easy to reshape. See instructions below.

Woven by hand in Bolgatanga, northern Ghana, Africa, from hand-split and hand-twisted elephant grass. Uses for baskets are unlimited: picnics, shopping, toy chest, shoe storage, newspapers/magazines, towels or a recycling bin. Very durable. As these baskets are handmade, some slight variations in size and colour occur.

To reform any "dents" in your basket, moisten (in the shower for 30 seconds or dipped in water) and then reshape.

Azo-free dyes; goat leather handle. Oval bottom, 8-10" wide, 15-18" long. Basket height 11".

Handbags need little, if any, reshaping. There are some great videos on how to reform baskets. Watch here.

  ASIGE, Ghana

Advocacy for Social Inclusion and Girls' Education, commonly called "ASIGE", empowers rural women with vocational skills training and production of handcrafted wares and fashion accessories. WFTO member.

 African Market Baskets, Ghana.  FTF member