The Niger Bend - Vintage Tutsi Basket from Rwanda - Medium - 11" x 6" Needlepoint members of the Raku family

members of the Raku family continues to make raku ceramics

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The Niger Bend - Vintage Tutsi Basket from Rwanda - Medium - 11" x 6" Needlepoint members of the Raku familyThe official name of this type of basket is called "Agaseki". which are made from from vegetable fibers by the Tutsi women. The grasses of these trees were soaked in the water for roughly two weeks until the fibers become pliable. The basket is made from naturally occurring dyes in the surrounding area. The black dye is made by boiling banana flowers, which will create a black sap. While the reddish brown dye is made from the seeds and roots of the