{"product_id":"the-tamazight-basket-amazigh-embroidered-palm-tote","title":"The Tamazight Basket — Amazigh Embroidered Palm Tote","description":"\u003cblockquote dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe pattern on this basket isn't decoration. It's a visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe diamonds, chevrons and small open \"eyes\" stitched across the front belong to Amazigh design — the motifs Morocco's indigenous people have used for centuries in weaving, tattooing, pottery and jewellery. They're symbols before they're shapes: associated with protection, with fertility, with the eye that turns away harm. Which specific meanings attach to this particular arrangement depends on region and on family, and we'd rather not flatten that into a tidy paragraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA word on names.\u003c\/strong\u003e Amazigh, plural Imazighen, is what Morocco's indigenous people call themselves; Tamazight is their language. You'll see these baskets sold as \"Berber\" everywhere, including in our own title, because that's the word most people search for — but it's an outside name many Amazigh people reject, and it's not the one we use when we're not being read by a search engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it's made.\u003c\/strong\u003e The basket is doum palm — the wild palm that grows across Morocco — cut, sun-dried until it pales to straw, split into ribbons and woven by hand in a tight herringbone. Then the pattern is embroidered directly into that weave in thick black cotton, laid so densely that the motifs read as solid blocks. Embroidering a straight edge onto basketry is difficult; the weave fights every line. Getting diamonds this crisp, at this scale, repeated across a whole basket, is the most skilled surface work in our range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe handles are wrapped in matching cotton, and the rim is whipstitched in the same thread — so the black frames the basket rather than sitting in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeven colorways.\u003c\/strong\u003e The palm stays natural on all of them and only the embroidery changes, which alters the whole character of the basket — the black reads graphic and almost monochrome-modern; the red and orange read traditional; the navy and green read quieter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMedium size — beach and market: towels, a book, sunscreen, lunch, a bottle of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWoven and embroidered entirely by hand in Marrakech. The motifs fall slightly differently on every basket, because they're stitched freehand rather than from a printed guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures \u0026amp; Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-woven doum palm leaf (natural, undyed) with cotton embroidery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDetail:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-embroidered Amazigh geometric motifs; matching cotton-wrapped handles and whipstitched rim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColorways:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black, Orange, Navy, Green, Pink, Red, Lilac\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% handcrafted in Marrakech, Morocco. Ships direct from our workshop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne of a kind:\u003c\/strong\u003e Embroidered freehand, so motif placement, spacing and proportion vary between baskets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep dry where you can; palm is water-resistant but not waterproof. If it gets wet, air dry naturally away from direct heat. Dust with a dry brush. Spot clean the embroidery gently with a barely damp cloth — do not soak, as dark cotton can run onto pale straw. 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