MACAW BIRD - FAIR-TRADE CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT - WOVEN BY PERUVIAN AMAZON ARTISAN
These unique fair-trade ornaments represent the scarlet macaw and the blue and gold macaw - the large iconic relatives of the parrots found throughout Latin America. It will look great hanging on your Christmas tree, rear-view mirror or adding a colorful touch to another part of your home. This ornament was woven with chambira palm fiber by a native Amazon artisan.
The sale of these ornaments supports forest conservation and helps meet local needs in traditional communities in Peru. These parrots were made artisans from the campesino village of San Francisco on the Maranon River.
Each ornament comes with a tag listing the name and home of the artisan who made it and the plants used to make it.
Please remember that each ornament was hand-made so the exact design of the craft will vary from the photo shown for this model.
Model: ORB028 (scarlet-macaw) and ORB029 (blue and gold macaw)
Support native artisans & rainforest in the Amazon
Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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