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MAJALENGKA Banana Fiber & Seagrass Storage Basket (3 Sizes)

MAJALENGKA Banana Fiber & Seagrass Storage Basket (3 Sizes)

Regular price €35,90 EUR
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Size
• Size: 20 x 20 x 25 (S), 33 x 33 x 26 (M) or 47 x 42 x 27 cm (L).
• Made from flexible, sustainable banana fiber and seaweed
• With practical handles, it is perfect as a laundry basket or for plants
• plastic-free packaging
• 100% handmade and fair trade

If you want to bring a little more order and a touch of exotic craftsmanship into your home, Majalengka is for you. With its rectangular basic shape in three sizes, it is the ideal basket for magazines, books or records.

With the simple mix of seagrass (upper half) and banana fiber (lower half), Majalengka blends harmoniously into any environment.

Dimensions: length x width x height (without handles)
S: 20x20x25cm
M: 33x33x26cm
L: 47 x 42 x 27 cm

SOEJI products are artfully crafted unique pieces. Due to hand manufacturing and natural variations in materials, they may vary slightly in size, color and shape.

Main materials: seagrass, banana fiber

These baskets are made from plant fibers. They therefore smell and feel wonderfully natural.

What is usually referred to as “seagrass” by basket makers is actually not an (under)water plant, but a small, palm-like plant that is widespread on sandy beaches in the tropics of Asia. The leaves of the plants often cultivated by humans are separated, cut into strips, dried and then processed by hand.

Banana fiber is the fibers of the layered trunks of agricultural banana trees. The intense brown color occurs naturally when the fibers are dried in the sun for about a week. The individual ribbons are then rolled into the characteristic, approx. 6 mm thick strands. Only old, dying banana trees are used for this material. This gives these plants a second life as a dimensionally stable and robust raw material for many handmade baskets.

Other material: nylon thread

This basket is handmade in Java, Indonesia.
When selecting local producers, Soeji attaches great importance to fair pay and good working conditions. Only experienced and adult craftsmen work in the companies from which they purchase their goods. No harmful chemicals are used in production. Since all work steps are carried out by hand, the production process hardly produces any greenhouse gas emissions. The employees from Germany ensure all of this through regular on-site visits and permanent personal contact with the companies.
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