Dahlia Basket
Description
The beautiful Dahlia Basket is intricately woven of pine needles and pajón, a native wild grass, with colorful raffia stitching. This sturdy pine needle basket may be decorative, but it's entirely functional too! Dahlia is a bold but elegant addition to your natural home decor or table setting.
Designed and expertly handmade by El Triunfo, a democratically-organized group of Maya women artisans.
- Handmade in Guatemala
- Wild grass and pine needles
- 12" wide at top, 10" wide at base, 3.25" 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.
