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Off-white Tana hand towel folded, with a starfish
Close-up of the textured weave of the off-white Tana towel
Teal Tana towel on an outdoor stone basin with a starfish
Teal Tana hand towel with a checked weave and a sea urchin shell
Blush Tana hand towel folded, with a small shell
Bronze Tana hand towel with a checked weave and shells

Tana Hand Towel

Tana Hand Towel

A thick, textured hand towel woven from locally sourced, hand-spun Ethiopian cotton. It uses about 40% more cotton than a traditional flat-weave towel, so it feels soft and full in the hand.

It is woven on four-harness looms, which create the small checked texture and give the surface depth. A cotton hanging loop is sewn in.

For the bathroom or the kitchen. Made in Addis Ababa by a fair-trade certified, woman-led textile workshop.

Material: 100% hand-spun Ethiopian cotton

Dimensions: 50 × 80 cm

Colours: Off-white, Blush, Bronze, Teal

€24,00
€24,00
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Off-white Tana hand towel folded, with a starfish
Tana Hand Towel
€24,00
€24,00
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Who made it?

The artisans behind your product

Our partner

A fair-trade certified collective of 250 artisans in Addis Abeba is working around the various tasks of weaving products: from sourcing the locally-grown cotton, spinning it by hand, to weaving and adding the finishing stitches to it. The woman-led social enterprise pioneers an impactful movement to revive Ethiopian Heritage crafts.

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Noble raw materials

The cotton is grown in Ethiopia and locally sourced, ensuring a low carbon footprint. With over 100 spinners working from home, the work allows mothers to generate a much-needed income.

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Soft threads

Depending on the woman who spun the thread, it will be a little thinner or thicker and give your product that softness and human touch, which has long disappeared in our marketplaces, even from premium or luxury brands.

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Warp & Weft

All the looms are operated fully manually (also involving the feet!). While typical ethiopian weavers would work on 2-harness looms creating flat weaves, some of our partners' weavers work with 4 or 8 harness looms, meaning they craft with 8 feet peddles! There are so many innovative weaving techniques and patterns - the artisans are involved in developing and creating new collections.