BEDOUIN WOVEN BASKET LARGE
Regular price $100.00Botanical: Nannorrhops ritchieana
Origin: Salalah, Oman
This coiled basket is handwoven by Bedouin women living in the Sultanate of Oman from a local wild palm tree, and is traditionally used to hold luban (frankincense resin) and camels milk.
It is sturdy, lightweight, and can be relied upon to store precious resins, woods, incense, herbs or other valuable possessions. This basket is a testament to the resourcefulness of desert dwelling artisans, who use the few materials at hand to provide for their everyday needs in a symbiotic relationship with their environment. Each piece is a unique work of art.
Woven with wild palm fronds and camel leather.
Product measures approximately 5”h 4.75” w
Top diameter measures 3.25” with a circumference of 16”
A collaboration with nature
We believe in fostering curiosity and reverence for nature’s biodiversity, employing a scientific and holistic approach to our creations that inspires a reconnection with our most primordial sense and elicits a shift in consciousness.
Nature is our ultimate guide
With profound admiration for botanical species native to climate zones across the world, we strive to spread awareness about the need to conserve the beautiful lands that allow these plants to thrive while giving back to local and indigenous communities that have cultivated them for centuries.
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To ensure efficacy and an experience of the highest quality Bio Alchemy Olfactive travels the world to source each botanical ingredient and offering, working closely with farmers, ethnobotanists, harvesters, distillers, and surrounding communities.
Traceability and sustainability are integral to our work. The botanical materials that make up our collection are sourced with an eye towards sustainable growth practices, mindful cultivation and extraction, and reverence for the cultural traditions that have dictated their use for centuries.
All products are formulated in Bio Alchemy Olfactive’s private lab with exclusively sourced ingredients. Each bottle is hand poured, labeled and packaged. Our packaging, from shipping boxes, water activated tape, and protective wrap to shipping labels are plastic free and made from 100% post consumer waste with recycled ink, making them fully recyclable and naturally biodegradable. No forests are damaged in production.
Products packaged in glass vials are intended for reuse and are tied with hand spun natural Peruvian alpaca twine from the women of a small community with whom we work.
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