SIgn Up To The Newsletter
Maasai Beadwork
A collection of intricate beadwork by the skillful hands of Maasai women. The Maasai culture is renowned for their handmade beaded jewelry, traditionally the beadwork is made by women and worn by both men and women, reflecting their age and social status. The colours used all have a meaning and tell their own tale. The 150 Hadithi beaders all live in small manyatta's (homesteads) next to the Mombasa highway and Tsavo national park.
Sort by:
Maasai bracelet — leather and beads. A comfortable, durable bracelet to suit your mood. One size fits all.
This is the Oldonyo design — the signature pattern of the Oldonyo women's beading group in Tsavo, south-east Kenya. One of the group's beaders designed this bracelet for you.
Materials: leather, glass Czech beads, sliding macrame knot with adjustable size. Size: width 1cm, length 14cm, adjustable strap opens to 26cm, closes to 15cm.
By purchasing this piece, you support a woman in a remote, dry part of south-east Kenya where beading provides vital income — for her, and for the 1,900 artisans across 64 women's groups that Hadithi supports — along with the conservation of threatened forest and wildlife in the Tsavo area.
Maasai bracelet — leather and beads. A comfortable, durable bracelet to suit your mood. One size fits all.
This is the Nalepo design — the signature pattern of the Nalepo women's beading group in Tsavo, south-east Kenya. One of the group's beaders designed this bracelet for you.
Materials: leather, glass Czech beads, sliding macrame knot with adjustable size. Size: width 1cm, length 14cm, adjustable strap opens to 26cm, closes to 15cm.
By purchasing this piece, you support a woman in a remote, dry part of south-east Kenya where beading provides vital income — for her, and for the 1,900 artisans across 64 women's groups that Hadithi supports — along with the conservation of threatened forest and wildlife in the Tsavo area.
A beautifully useful piece, handmade in Kenya with an acrylic grinder and a hand-beaded sleeve made by our Maasai beaders.
Our Bush, Sunrise, Ocean and Kilifi colourways use the same carefully chosen bead colours, but each sleeve has its own pattern, designed and beaded by the individual artisan who made it. So while the colour palette stays consistent, no two pieces are quite alike.
The Maasai colourway is completely one-of-a-kind. Here, each beader chooses her own colours and creates her own pattern, resulting in wonderfully bold combinations inspired by traditional Maasai beadwork.
Materials: acrylic, glass Czech beads.
A durable and handy keychain from Hadithi Crafts.
Our strong soft and souple wrist strap keychain is designed to be your most handy companion.
Some super handy features:
- Hands free to carry your bags, your key will sit securely on your wrist!
- you can easily click it onto any loop in your handbag.
- You can easily clip other keys on and off
Once you start using this strap you will never want to go without it!
Our beadwork is made by the skillful hands of Maasai women. The Maasai culture is renowned for their handmade beaded jewellery.
Materials leather, brass, glass Czech beads.
Size 20 cm loop to slip around your wrist
Read the stories behind the ladies and how the beading is done.
By purchasing one of our pieces of beadwork you support:
❥ A woman in a remote, dry rural part of south-east Kenya where there are very few ways to make a living. Beading means a vital income for her (and for all the 1500 women in the women groups that Hadithi now supports). The money goes a long way, especially in the dry season, when food gets scarce. Beading provides her with some financial stability, money to pay school fees and buy food.
❥ The conservation of a threatened forest and it's wildlife. When harvests fail, people turn to other ways to provide an income for the family. It is not uncommon in Tsavo that people turn to cutting trees to turn them into charcoal, or poaching wildlife in the area. An income for beading is the alternative we can offer.
❥ And of course, to keep the beautiful ancient tradition of Maasai beading part of the present and the future!
Maasai bracelet — leather and beads. A comfortable, durable bracelet to suit your mood. One size fits all.
This is the Naisho design — the signature pattern of the Naisho women's beading group in Tsavo, south-east Kenya. One of the group's beaders designed this bracelet for you.
Materials: leather, glass Czech beads, sliding macrame knot with adjustable size. Size: width 1cm, length 14cm, adjustable strap opens to 26cm, closes to 15cm.
By purchasing this piece, you support a woman in a remote, dry part of south-east Kenya where beading provides vital income — for her, and for the 1,900 artisans across 64 women's groups that Hadithi supports — along with the conservation of threatened forest and wildlife in the Tsavo area.
