This ultra-finely woven basket's banded neck and three vertical registers are in contast to pictorial references to butterflies in flight. The basket's bottom features three concentric rings of stepped triangles.
Description | This ultra-finely woven basket's banded neck and three vertical registers are in contast to pictorial references to butterflies in flight. The basket's bottom features three concentric rings of stepped triangles. |
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About the Artist | The master basket weavers of the Wounaan tribe live in Panama, deep in the Darien Rainforest, near the Columbian border. |
Culture | Latin American, Women Artists |
Medium | Palm fiber, black, natural and vegetal dyed |
Size | 6 1/4" height X 6 1/4" maximum diameter |
Coil count | 12 per inch |
Stitch count | 40 stitches per inch |
Date of creation | Circa 2000 |
Condition | Mint ! |
Provenance | B Nib |