Galimoto Boy
Handcrafted in Kenya
Availability:
in stock
SKU 4102210
Galimoto Boy
Handcrafted in Kenya
Availability:
in stock
SKU 4102210
Original price
$16.99
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Original price
$16.99
Original price
$16.99
$16.99
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$16.99
Current price
$16.99
STORY
In Africa, homemade galimotos are fashioned by children out of anything from sticks to cornstalks, and can be vehicles of any sort. This ingeniously crafted "galimoto" push-toy bicycle rider is created from shaped wire wrapped around fabric by artisans of the Chuma Wires workshop based in the Dandora area of Nairobi, Kenya. Chuma Wires provides valuable work for artisans who have little or no other opportunities for employment in this marginal section of Kenya's sprawling capital.
DETAILS
ABOUT THE ARTISAN
OTICART International
KENYA
In 1995 Claytone Ombasyi, a Christian businessman in Nairobi, Kenya, started OTIC, a privately held export and marketing company. Ombasyi, with professional exper...
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