Wire and bead decorative bowl
Bakuli la mapambo la waya na shanga
By Wanjiru Kamau · Nairobi, Kenya
$36.00 USD
≈ 4651.20 KES (approx.)
3 available
A small bowl coiled from wire and glass beads in a spiral of sunset colours, for keys or jewellery.
Who made it
Wanjiru Kamau runs a small beadwork studio in Nairobi with three other women. They string glass beads by hand on wire and leather, mixing classic Kenyan colour blocks with their own patterns.
Materials
Galvanised wire, glass beads
Care
Dust gently; not for food.
In the maker's words
Bakuli dogo lililozungushwa kwa waya na shanga za kioo kwa mzunguko wa rangi za machweo, kwa funguo au vito.
Who made it
Wanjiru Kamau anaendesha karakana ndogo ya ushanga jijini Nairobi pamoja na wanawake wengine watatu. Wanatunga shanga za kioo kwa mkono kwenye waya na ngozi, wakichanganya rangi za kawaida za Kenya na mitindo yao wenyewe.
Materials
Waya wa mabati, shanga za kioo
Care
Pangusa vumbi taratibu; si kwa chakula.
Size: 18 × 18 × 6 cm