The Riverbend — Natural Bolga Sculpture Basket

Natural, undyed elephant grass in its own warm straw color, crossed by one band of deep green and black that ripples around the body like a river winding through dry grassland. The basket twists as it rises, swells into soft folds, and opens at the top into a wide, wavy rim with a high, curling crest. Because the grass is left undyed, the weave itself becomes the pattern: every coil and every fold catches the light. It’s quiet enough for any room and sculptural enough to stand alone on a plinth, a sideboard or the floor.

Bolga baskets have been woven in Ghana’s Upper East Region for generations. In their natural color and banded patterns, they’re the classic form people know from market stalls in Bolgatanga. Nanasei Agyemang and the weavers he trains start from that same grass and tradition, softening it in water and bending it into forms that sit between vessel and sculpture. No two are alike, and this is the only one. 

Approx. 21 in H × 20 in L × 11 in W (53 × 51 × 28 cm) ·3lbs · Hand-harvested natural elephant grass with green and black dyed accents · Handwoven in Ghana by Nanasei Agyemang