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Examples of cottage industries and the products they make

Answer Text:
Examples of Cottage Industries
Pottery:
-Cottage industry in which pots and flower vases are made using clay.
Its practised mainly in eastern and central provinces and by women.
Examples of areas are Kwale and Muranga.
Wood and Stone Carving:
-Involves curving of wood and stone into various shapes of animals, humans, etc.
-Wood carving is practised in Kitui and Machakos while soapstone (soft metamorphic rock) carving is done in Kisii.
-wood covers have formed a co-operative society to market their goods.
-Some products are sold locally while the rest are
exported with some being bought by tourists as souvenirs (reminder).
Weaving:
-Involves using sisal, dry palm leaves dry papyrus, nylon fibres etc to make products such as baskets, mats, and fish traps etc.
-the items made differ from one region to another.
-Baskets mainly known as Ciondos are mainly done by Agikuyu women and are sold locally and to tourists.
-Weaving is also practised along the coastal region where dry palm leaves are used to make baskets, mats, etc.
-Other cottage industries are such as those making use of scrap metal to make metal boxes, wheel barrows, energy saving jikos, rain harvesting gutters, poultry harvesting equipment, swords, knives, spears, jembes, iron bells and jingles and boat making common among communities living around L. Victoria and along the coast.