Martina Handwoven Basket
Description
The beautiful Martina Basket is delicately handwoven of pajón, a native grass of the Guatemalan Highlands, and sustainably harvested longleaf pine needles with raffia accents. Designed and handmade by the women of Mayan Hands El Triunfo cooperative, this basket is a wonderful wall or tabletop accent, but was designed to be used!
- Native grass, pine needles, raffia
- 11" diameter, 2.25" 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.
