This paper analyses the Rossing Foundation craft purchase data paid out to individual crafters in Caprivi between June 1998 and the end of 2001 and reviews the livelihood impact of this money. The most important crafts in this commercialisation have been woven products (particularly open palm baskets, but also other woven items and grass and reed mats), wood carvings and clay pots. The majority of the craft makers in the region live in rural areas, and while wood carving appears to be the domain of men, weaving and pottery is carried out almost exclusively by women.