This is the first comprehensive pictorial record of a craft form that has endured political change in education and empowered basket weavers with a sustainable means of making a living. The book focuses on contemporary basket weaving from the Hlabisa area of KwaZulu Natal where some of the best work is produced. Master weavers from this area - like the late Reuben Ndwandwe and Beauty Ngxongo -- are represented in the permanent collection in the Metropolitan Museum, New York and in private collections world-wide. The book features: Historical overview; Basketry method and technique; Basket weaver profiles; Telephone wire basketry sources and suppliers.