Woven hot pad (trivet) and center piece inspired by boa pattern

Sale price$20.00

This stunning design of a hot pad (trivet) was made by native artisans from the Bora villages of Brillo Nuevo and Puca Urquillo on the Ampiyacu River.  It is woven with natural chambira palm fiber with an orange background dyed with achiote seeds with black embroidered circles inspired by the pattern of the rainforest boa constrictor. 

Available in two sizes to serve as a hot pad, trivet or placemat

TP0101125 (regular), TP01031126 (large)

Size: Regular (8.5" dia.)

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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