Turkana Container 07This beautiful Turkana container is part of an incredibly special collection of pieces which took 8 years to curate. Each container is hand carved from indigenous wood with great skill by the pastoral Turkana people of Kenya. Due to their nomadic lifestyle the Turkana people are skilled in creating functional pieces that are easy to transport from materials readily found in their harsh desert environment. The design of the containers have been

plain wools

sourced from Turkey and surrounding regions

making it an effortless statement piece to style with

This long drum is known as a Mwamwa or Mufula

Part of our ecologically friendly and sustainable plaster furniture collection

Hand-carved from indigenous wood using wood skills passed down from generations by the Baule people of the Ivory Coast

Style as a structural art piece anywhere in the home

Opening Length 34 13

This vintage Dogon ladder comes from the Dogon people of the Ivory Coast

Each shelf is hand-crafted and hand-finished with natural plasters that are sourced from the dolomite region of Italy and coloured with natural pigments

The print is complemented by a white oak wood frame

The larger forms would be used to climb to fetch grains which were stored on the hut of the roof to keep them safe from animals