One of a Kind!
Hand-woven from strips of palm leaves, traditional baskets like this one, called tanate de palma in Spanish, are both pretty and functional. The precision of the weaving and geometric perfection of the design is all the more impressive considering that the weavers make up the designs as they go. We purchased this particular basket at Mercado Benito Juárez, from a weaver named Valería.
Valería, whose baskets were by far the finest we saw in our market tour, hails from the town of Miahutlan de Porfirio Diaz, a region known as the “Canal of the Corn Tassel” during the Aztec period. She learned the ... Read More
Valería, whose baskets were by far the finest we saw in our market tour, hails from the town of Miahutlan de Porfirio Diaz, a region known as the “Canal of the Corn Tassel” during the Aztec period. She learned the art of basket-weaving from her mother, who learned it from her mother, who learned it from—well, you get the point. When asked where she gets her designs, she laughed and said that they were all in her head. It takes her about a day to weave the smaller baskets and three days to weave the larger ones, and even as we spoke she was working away, her hands flying. Read Less
13"ht, 10" diameterComes with a lid (not shown).
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