Wide Handwoven Triangle Pattern Decorative Basket Vintage Handwoven from natural palm fibers

Handwoven from natural palm fibers

When I first saw this vessel I didn’t read it as a basket at all

DetailsArtist: Chong Guatico

Pigments: Plant- and mineral-based Amazonian dyes

Wide Handwoven Triangle Pattern Decorative Basket Vintage Handwoven from natural palm fibersTriangles at Full Width Wide bands of black and brown triangles wrap this basket against a pale ground, the pattern reading bold from across the room and impossibly fine up close. One of one. The Story Wide bands of black and brown triangles wrap this basket against a pale ground, the pattern reading bold from across the room and impossibly fine up close. That double life is the signature of Wounaan work: silk fine strands of black palm fiber,