WEAVING

Basketry is one of ancient the Rwandan skills that has been able to be sustained by adapting to modern demands. Certain traditional items however, are no longer made and others are only manufactured to special order, simply for the protection and maintenance of traditional basket-making techniques. This is because they have been overtaken by imported objects which are more adapted to the modern context. (Read more)

POTTERY

According to the most ancient estimations, pottery was first seen in Rwanda around the 9th century BC

The ceramic material found was similar to the ceramics discovered on sites around Lake Kyoga in Uganda , in Burundi and the eastern side of the Republic Democratic of Congo.

Modeling technique applied at that time was already advanced to enable them to produce them in several shapes as well as the decor. (Read more)

WOOD CARVING

Making wooden carved objects is a long complex process that requires specific professional qualifications. A profession that is almost dead because of deforesting which has caused a shortage of good quality wide tree trunks. The wood carver used an axe, a wood carver's adze, billhook, a big gouge as a mortar, average gouge for a milk pot, angular gouge, small scraper Photo (18), pointed adze, scraper/planer with two handles, a small half-cylindrical gouge with a blade, tiny blades half-cylindrical, grass knife with a long handle. (Read more)