Bow Bin - Wastebasket plastic & ratan

Areaware's Bow Bins are made by the Aeta people, indigenous inhabitants of the philippines who retain their ancient traditions, customs and langage. It is believed that they arrived from Africa thousand of years ago . For the last several hundred years, they have faced racial discrimination and been driven off their ancestral lands, retreating to remote forested highlands. Here they live in small villages, where they engage in subsistence farming, hunting and gathering, and basket weaving. Basket making is sustainably harvested rattan has been an important part of their cultural and economic life. This, coupled with the work of NGOs such as Preda, have enabled the Aeta people to reclaim some of their ancestral lands. In 2010, seventeen square kilometers were returned to them by the Philippine government.

Detailed color: Red - H 35 cm
Detailed material: Rattan and Plastic