Sea and forest open chambira woven pot - handmade by Peruvian artisan
These elegant woven bowl is the perfect basket to hold a set of coasters or other knick-knacks in your dining room table, living room, office or bedroom. This bowl is 7" across and features green and white stripes on the outside and a blue center on the inside.
This woven pot was skillfully handcrafted with natural chambira palm fiber by a campesina artisan from the village of Chino on the Tahuayo River in Peru. Her name and the plants used to make it are written on a tag that accompanies the craft. Your purchase helps ensure fair wages for the artisans who make these gorgeous handicrafts in addition to helping preserve the rainforests by promoting crafts made with sustainable resources.
Please remember that these crafts are individually hand-made so the exact design and size may vary from the photo shown.
Models: WP003
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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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