Nigerian Basketry

#	Craft	Primary Material	Historical Context	Location (State)	Geopolitical Zone
1	Akwete Basketry	Raffia, palm fronds	Developed alongside Akwete weaving traditions; used for storage and trade	Abia	South East
2	Ibibio Basketry	Raffia, cane, palm leaves	Traditionally produced for farming, fishing, and household storage	Akwa Ibom	South South
3	Tiv Basketry	Guinea grass, palm fibers	Essential to agrarian Tiv society for grain storage and transport	Benue	North Central
4	Kanuri Basketry	Date palm fibers, doum palm	Used in trans-Saharan trade and desert agriculture	Borno	North East
5	Ijaw Fishing Basketry	Mangrove palm, cane	Developed for riverine fishing and trapping in the Niger Delta	Bayelsa	South South
6	Urhobo Basketry	Raffia, cane	Produced for market trade and domestic storage in Delta communities	Delta	South South
7	Igbo Ukwu Basketry	Palm fronds, bamboo	Associated with ancient Igbo-Ukwu material culture and trade	Anambra	South East
8	Yoruba Market Basketry	Raffia, cane, bamboo	Integral to market commerce; widely used by traders	Oyo	South West
9	Nupe Basketry	Guinea corn stalks, palm fibers	Historically linked to Nupe riverine trade and agriculture	Niger	North Central
10	Gwari Basketry	Grass, palm fibers	Used for farming, grain storage, and domestic purposes	Niger	North Central
11	Jukun Basketry	Bamboo, palm fronds	Produced for ritual use and agricultural storage	Taraba	North East
12	Efik Basketry	Raffia, cane	Used in trade networks and domestic storage along the Cross River	Cross River	South South
13	Hausa Grain Basketry	Millet stalks, grass	Essential for grain storage in Sahelian agricultural systems	Kano	North West
14	Fulani Nomadic Basketry	Grass, leather accents	Portable containers suited to pastoral nomadic lifestyles	Sokoto	North West
15	Edo Basketry	Raffia, cane	Produced for palace supply systems and urban markets in Benin Kingdom	Edo	South South
16	Igala Basketry	Palm fibers, bamboo	Used for yam storage and riverine trade	Kogi	North Central
17	Ekoi Basketry	Cane, palm leaves	Used in farming and ritual contexts in forest communities	Cross River	South South
18	Berom Basketry	Grass, bamboo	Used for grain storage in Plateau highlands	Plateau	North Central
19	Angas Basketry	Palm fibers, grass	Traditional storage and transport containers for farming communities	Plateau	North Central
20	Idoma Basketry	Raffia, bamboo	Produced for domestic use and regional trade	Benue	North Central