Tiny Tot Cream Purple and Green Parrot Woven Basket

Give a shelf or a side table a touch of the rainforest with this Tiny Tot basket in cream, purple and green parrot motifs, hand woven in Panama. The cream walls hold purple, green and brown blocks of a parrot design beneath a black rim. It makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves handmade art and the rainforest. Keep small treasures inside, or let it stand on a shelf or table as a piece of art.

Baskets like this one are woven by Wounaan and Emberá women in the Darién rainforest of Panama, a skill handed down from mothers and grandmothers to daughters. Fine strands of chunga palm, colored with natural dyes from rainforest plants and earth, are coiled tightly around a core of naguala fiber, stitch by stitch, from the center of the base up to the rim. Every basket is woven entirely by hand, so each one is truly one of a kind.

Founded in 1991, TraderBrock celebrates the handcraft of Latin America's indigenous peoples. We work with Guna, Wounaan and Emberá artisans we know by name, and all profits go back into their communities for education, tools and the teaching of ancestral techniques.

Material: Chunga palm and naguala fiber, natural dyes
Woven by: Wounaan and Emberá women
Made in: Panama
Approximate size: 2 inches high, about 3.2 inches across, 10 inches around
Care: Dust with a soft dry brush. Keep away from water and strong direct sun.
SKU: 21080535L