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Women's Large Woven Raffia Basket Tote Bag

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Raffia Basket
40 × 33 × 15

Turn a basket over and you learn everything about it. The base is where the structure is, and it is the one part nobody photographs.

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Large woven raffia basket tote with webbing handles

Woven from the centre out

A spiral base is what lets a soft material stand up loaded.

Width

40 cm

Height

33 cm

Depth

15 cm

Handle drop

25 cm

01 — The idea

The base decides whether a basket is a basket

Raffia has no rigidity of its own. What makes a woven bag stand rather than flop is the way the bottom is worked: a spiral coiled outward from a single centre point, each round locked into the one before it. That construction is stiff in every direction at once. A base woven as a flat panel and stitched to the sides is faster to make and gives you a bag that folds along its seams by the end of the first season.

The basket tote carried by hand Front view of the woven basket The basket shown with the handles upright The basket seen from above

02 — Design

Flat webbing, not rolled handles

The handles are wide flat bands rather than rolled cord or woven rope. On a loaded basket that matters: a narrow handle cuts into the hand and rolls in the palm, while a flat band lies against the skin and spreads the same weight over several centimetres.

They are also anchored to leather tabs stitched through the weave rather than woven in. Woven-in handles pull at the strands around them until the basket distorts at the top edge — which is the failure you see on almost every cheap basket bag after one summer.

Hand-woven raffia with smooth calfskin accents.

Close view of the flat webbing handle
The spiral-woven base of the basket

03 — Build

Look underneath before you buy any basket

On this one the base is a continuous coil worked outward from the centre, with no seam and no join. Every round is locked into its neighbour, so the load spreads across the whole floor instead of into a stitched edge.

It is also why the bag can be unlined. There is no fabric bottom to sag under weight and nothing sewn in to come apart — the structure and the surface are the same thing.

  • Hand-woven raffia with a seamless spiral base
  • Flat webbing handles on stitched leather tabs
  • Smooth calfskin accents at the wear points
  • Unlined — the weave is the structure

04 — Versatility

Fifteen centimetres deep, and it stays that way

A soft tote loses its depth the moment it is loaded — the sides bow and the floor becomes a point. Because this one is built from a rigid base upward, the fifteen centimetres you measure empty are the fifteen you get full. That is the practical difference between a basket and a bag shaped like one.

The interior of the basket The handles held in the hand The base of the basket seen flat

05 — What it holds

Forty by thirty-three by fifteen

A towel flat along the base, a book, a bottle, sun cream, a change of clothes — the standard beach list, with room left. The 25 cm handle drop clears a shoulder, so it can be carried loaded rather than only held.

Unlined and open at the top, which is the honest limitation: everything inside is visible and nothing closes. For a beach or a market that is irrelevant; for a commute it is not.

06 — The value

Why this makes sense

A coiled base is slow. It is worked round by round from a single starting point, and it cannot be rushed or assembled from parts — which is exactly why the cheaper way of making a basket is to weave a flat sheet and sew it into a box. Both look similar new. Only one of them is still a basket in three summers.

Sold direct, with every dimension and the handle drop published.

  • Sold direct — you pay for the weaving, not the markup
  • Seamless coiled base, not a flat panel sewn into a box
  • Handles anchored to leather tabs, not woven into the body
  • Full dimensions and handle drop published

07 — Specifications

Technical data

Silhouette Structured basket tote
Exterior Hand-woven raffia
Details Smooth calfskin accents
Lining Unlined
Closure Open top
Carry Two webbing handles, hand or shoulder
Handle drop Approx. 25 cm
Dimensions W 40 × H 33 × D 15 cm

In the box

1 × Bag · Protective packaging

08 — Questions

Before you order

Does it stand up on its own?

Yes, empty and loaded — that is what the coiled base is for. It does not fold flat for packing, which is the trade you make for a basket that keeps its shape.

Can it be carried on the shoulder?

Yes. The 25 cm drop clears a shoulder over a shirt or a light layer, and the flat handles are wide enough not to dig in when the basket is full.

What happens if it gets wet?

Raffia handles damp well — it is a natural fibre and dries through. Let it dry standing upright and away from direct sun, and wipe the leather separately with a dry cloth.

Limited stock

One base at a time

The coil has to be worked continuously by one pair of hands from the centre outward, which is most of the time each basket takes. Runs are limited by that, not by demand.

Add it to your bag. If it is not right when it arrives, send it back — the only thing you risk is missing it.

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