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Kassena weaving

Kasem · Kassena-Nankani / Upper East · Craft

A descriptive heading for Kasena weaving. Smock weaving is listed as a small-scale industry of the Kassena-Nankana Municipal District. The Kasem lexicon records woven grass and straw items such as kayaa (a round straw basket, also used in pito brewing) and kase-sara (a small millet-straw mat).

Kassena weaving includes straw baskets and mats as well as smock cloth.

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