Florinda Handwoven Basket
Description
Mayan Hands artisan partners in Sololá carefully stitch raffia in both natural and blue shades to create a central six-pointed star motif at the base of the Florinda Basket. You may want to display the intricate star at the bottom of this basket, but it's also designed to be used!
- Pine needles and raffia
- 8.5" diameter x 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.
