BARN OWL BIRD FAIR -TRADE ORNAMENT AND DECORATION- WOVEN BY PERUVIAN AMAZON ARTISAN
These unique fair-trade ornaments represents the barn owl. The flat oval face on this owl gives it extraordinary power to hear the slightest sound of potential prey at night. It will look great hanging on your Christmas tree, rear-view mirror or adding a colorful touch to another part of your home. This ornaments were woven with chambira palm fiber by native artisans from the Peruvian Amazon.
The sale of these ornaments supports forest conservation and helps meet local needs in traditional communities in Peru. These owls 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.
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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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