Hand Woven Wild Grass Basket Guatamalan Art Basketry Collectible Mayan Art Form

TheFlyingHostess

Regular price $30.00

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Bring a beautiful hand woven basket to your home decor/table with this wild grass basket from Central America. Mayan baskets from Guatamala and Belize are created from reeds, rushes, split cane and grasses which is a laborious process from collecting the leaves (for darker baskets green leaves are used), boiling, washing and a drying process (2 days if the weather is sunny and dry),then the weaving process begins using a needle and string made out of Heniken (from Bromelia plant) to the ball process of drying the finished basket.
There is a string attached on this piece for hanging if desired
Measures 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 in tall

Materials: wild grass.