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Mayan Basket with Lid
- Item Number
- 252
- Estimated Value
- 45 USD
- Sold
- 25 USD to ILMA
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
This attractive and useful basket was hand-woven in Belize by a Mayan mother-daughter team of basket-makers. It measures about 5" in diameter and stands about 4.5" tall. Perfect place to store jewelry, small treasures, tea, candy, etc.
Mayan women, young and old, still weave baskets for home use. The practice has been passed down from the original Mayan civilization for generation after generation.
The jippi jappa palm grows wild in the rainforest and often in abandoned fields. The shoots and flowers are edible and the young palms can be used as a material to be woven into beautiful baskets. The young palm frond is first stripped of its central core. The Mayan women rip the fresh leaves of the jippi jappa plant and boil the leaves for about half an hour, so the fibers will turn the typical beige color and become softer to make it easier to work with them. Afterwards, she puts them to dry in the sun for one to two days. If she doesn't boil the leaves, and just lets them dry, their light green color changes to a dark brown, instead of the light beige color.
Maya arts and crafts are an exclusive manifestation of the lifestyle and dominant culture. Their skills and talents prove that they were a sophisticated civilization that developed technologies, ideas, concepts, designs and architecture that still amaze us today. There have been discoveries of elaborate Maya cultures, artifacts, paintings, pottery and innovative creations and designs.
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