Esengo Grande – Ember

SOKONA LIMITED

£195

Somewhere in a village in Upper East Ghana , a weaver sat with a coil of elephant grass and began at the centre. Ring by ring, the pattern grew outward, guided by memory, rhythm and practiced hands. The Esengo Grande is not made quickly. Its circular form is built patiently, each strand woven into place before the next begins. At its heart sits a hand-cast brass mask charm—a small reminder that stories, like craftsmanship, are meant to be carried forward. This is what we mean when we say it carries a story.

SOKONA LIMITED's own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as SOKONA LIMITED, number 16076511. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.