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Rainforest Baskets
Rainforest Baskets

Master Weaver Milda Hasmaca

Panama Wounaan Baskets

Characterized by their extraordinarily fine stitches and ornate details

In Wounmeu, the language of the Wounaan, there is a special name for fine traditional coil-construction palm-fiber baskets: hösig di. Expert weavers stitch silk-fine strands of the black palm they call chunga or werregue, richly colored with vegetal dyes, over coils of naguala palm.


Size

  • Small, under 6"
  • Medium, 7" - 10"
  • Large, 11" and over
  • XLarge, statement pieces

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