BABA TREE BASKET COMPANY

The Baba Tree Basket Company has been preserving the culture of baskets and the Gurunsi community in Bolgatanga for the last 15 years. It’s here that a community of over 250 artisans practice a time-honoured weaving technique using elephant grass and their very own “rhythm and flow”. Each basket comes directly from the hands of the artisan weavers THEY collaborate with. Each luscious curve is the handprint or signature of the weaver who has expertly handcrafted your baskeT.

Founder Gregory MacCarthy started the company a few years after he first took steps in Ghana in 1999 with the significant understanding that good design can and will change people’s lives. The Baba Tree Basket Company continues this ongoing commitment to the artisan weavers they collaborate with through the progressive creation of sustainable jobs, fair and meaningful work and true social impact in the local community.

each basket is created in Bolgatanga, a remote town in the Upper East Region of Ghana, otherwise known as ‘’the city of baskets’’ by the Gurunsi people, baba Tree continue to focus on creating income earning opportunities for the Gurunsi artisans they collaborate with.