southamerican werregue vase decorated with geometric figures

Vase made with woven werregue -Astrocaryum standleyanum-. The artisans make the basketwork using a spiral technique. They use a thick cord as a guide around which a finer colored thread is woven , and they make it shine through friction. Decorated with geometric figures

The Indigenous Community Wounaan, known by his werregue crafts, lives in the Colombian Pacific coast. From the biodiversity of this zone, one of the richest of the world, they extract their principal raw materials for the wounaan crafts. The fiber of palm of werregue and the leaf of puchicama make their elaborated hancrafted vases possible.

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Vase made with woven werregue -Astrocaryum standleyanum-. The artisans make the basketwork using a spiral technique. They use a thick cord as a guide around which a finer colored thread is woven , and they make it shine through friction. Decorated with geometric figures The Indigenous Community Wounaan, known by his werregue crafts, lives in the Colombian Pacific coast. From the biodiversity of this zone, one of the richest of the world, they extract their principal raw materials for the wounaan crafts. The fiber of palm of werregue and the leaf of puchicama make their elaborated hancrafted vases possible.

Height (cm):

46cm

Depth (cm):

30 cm diameter

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