Raffia & Banana Leaf Basket Trivet

Make a statement with this handcrafted trivet made from all natural, sustainably sourced raffia and banana fibers. Use to protect your furniture and display your home cooked goodness. Handcrafted by women artisans from the Batoro tribe living in the very rural mountains of Western Uganda. These weavers are a part of a cooperative that provides training to single mothers, widows and other marginalized women who are subsistence farmers and weave baskets to provide additional income.

• Crafted from raffia, banana fiber and locally sourced, AZO free natural dyes
• Women artisans grow, harvest and make all the natural dyes which takes a great deal of knowledge and skill to produce
• Sold singly, no two trivets are identical
• Measures approximately 8" in diameter x .25" thick