Kora — Double-Triangle Raffia Earrings

Kora — named for the West African harp-lute, strung over a calabash.

A woven cap sits over an open triangular frame, the whole piece built from one coiled length of raffia. The gap is the point: this is the only shape in the range you can see through, so it catches light where the others hold it. These hand-woven raffia triangle earrings hang from hypoallergenic stainless steel ear wires and weigh almost nothing.

Materials: Natural hand-dyed raffia, stainless steel ear wires

Design: A woven cap over an open triangular frame, on a fine raffia cord

Origin: Handcrafted in Nigeria

Editions

• Sunset Mix — burnt orange through straw to plum, the widest gradient of the six
• Cobalt Indigo — deep blue with a violet cast
• Berry Mix — deep navy falling into fuchsia
• Tropical Mix — turquoise falling into rose
• Malachite Teal — blue-green, cool against warm skin
• Deep Teal — a dark blue-green, the quietest of the six

Care

Keep dry. Raffia is a plant fibre — water, perfume and hairspray will dull the colour. Store flat or hanging, not crushed at the bottom of a bag. If a piece flattens, press it gently back into shape with your fingers; the fibre has memory.

Dyed in gradients by hand, so no two pairs break colour at exactly the same point.