Kiondo

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Kenyan handwoven bag made from twine

title: "Kiondo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["african-clothing", "bags-(fashion)", "culture-of-kenya"] description: "Kenyan handwoven bag made from twine" topic_path: "general/african-clothing" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiondo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Kenyan handwoven bag made from twine ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Kiondo_&_okapo.JPG" caption="Several kiondos with an okapo in the background"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/An_old_woman_weaving_a_'kiondo'.jpg" caption="Old woman of Kenya weaving a kiondo"] ::

A kiondo is a handwoven bag made from indigenous vegetable twine with leather trimmings. It is indigenous to the Taita, Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya.

The Swahili word for a kiondoo is 'chondo,' plural 'vyondo'.

References

(1 December 2016). "Kiondoo Kulture Kulture".

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