Butterfly Pine Needle Basket

$56.00

Description

Intricately woven Butterfly Basket, a fabulous creation from Mayan Hands basket weavers, has red, purple and green raffia accents and a graceful undulating decorative trim. It displays beautifully on a shelf - but be sure to take it down and use it, too! This basket is a collectors' favorite. 

  • Pine needles with natural and hand-dyed raffia 
  • Approximately 9"wide and 2 1/2" high

 

 

 

Mayan Hands is a fair-trade nonprofit dedicated to providing economic and educational opportunities to Maya women and girls, so that they can build sustainable futures for themselves, their families and communities, as they continue to live within the culture they cherish. Mayan Hands collaborates with 15 artisan groups in the rural Guatemalan highlands, representing about 200 skilled craftswomen. Artisans speak one (or more!) of four Mayan languages: K’iche’, Kaqchikel, Tz’utujil, or Achí. Some also speak Spanish.