Complex Panamanian Butterfly Basket

Wounaan

Complex Panamanian Butterfly Basket, Baskets by  Wounaan
  • Panamanian butterfly basket
  • butterfly basket
Savvy Price $500.00
Gallery Price $650.00
Title
Complex Panamanian Butterfly Basket
Artist
Wounaan
Medium
Palm fiber (black, natural and vegetal dyed)
Size
5 3/4" height X 6 1/4" maximum diameter
Coil count
8 coils per inch
Stitch count
32 stitches per inch
Date of creation
Circa 2000
Condition
Mint !
Provenance
B Nib
About The Complex Panamanian Butterfly Basket

Finely woven coiled basketry jar featuring three (3) different butterflies with extended wings produced by an unidentified Wounaan Indian woman from Panama.

About Wounaan
The master basket weavers of the Wounaan tribe live in Panama, deep in the Darien Rainforest, near the Columbian border.
Other Works By Wounaan:
  • Heavily Decorated Rain Forest Basketry Jar, Baskets by  Wounaan
Cultures

Latin American, Women Artists

Medium

Baskets

Subject

Insects, Floral Still Life

Keywords

Wounaan basket, Panamanian butterfly basket, butterfly basket