Banana Fiber Frog

These fun frogs will have you leaping with joy at the impact of these small figures!

Women in the villages in Kenya, near Kitui, are educated and trained in the handmade craft of recycling the dried fiber of banana plants, which would normally be discarded. They use their talents to transform the banana fiber into new, eco-friendly art forms. First, the banana fiber is dried, and then a light varnish is applied. The varnish on the banana fiber, with its many shades of brown, resembles textured tortoise shell. Once the process is complete, the artisans cut the fiber into strips to make one-of-a-kind goods.

Because this is a handcrafted item, each will vary slightly. Each sold separately.