FAIR -TRADE CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT - MARVELOUS SPATULE TAIL HUMMINGBIRD - WOVEN BY PERUVIAN AMAZON ARTISAN

Sale price$20.00

This unique fair-trade ornament represents the marvelous spatule tail hummingbird.  This bird is found in a mountainous region of the Peruvian Amazon. The male of this species waves its colorful tail feathers around to attract the attention of a potential mate.

This craft will look great hanging on your Christmas tree, rear-view mirror or adding a colorful touch to any part of your home. These ornaments were woven with chambira palm fiber by artisans from Kukama native and campesino communities on the Maranon and Ucayali Rivers.

The sale of these ornaments supports forest conservation and helps meet local needs in traditional communities in Peru. Most of these crafts 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 these handmade crafts are made by different artisans and may vary from the photo shown for this model.

Model: ORB043

Style: fancy tail

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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