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Embera Traditional Attire Male and Female Basketry Doll
$785.00
Code: IEWD015
Size: 12 ½” and 11 1/2" tall (32 and 29.5 cms tall)
One of a kind indigenous art: traditional basketry dolls created from split and dyed wild palm fronds of the 'chunga' palm collected in the rainforest of the Darien region of eastern Panama. Basket making among the Embera tribe is a traditionally feminine activity and these extraordinary dolls are created by one woman, out of the whole tribe, in the Embera village of Sambu. For this reason alone, these figures are exceptionally collectable for their novelty and rarity. Special attention is given in the details of these traditionally-attired male and female Embera figures. Featuring the the patterns of the (still practiced) full body corporal markings (done with a type of neo-tropical 'henna' from the "ink" of the juice of a certain wild fruit), abundant jewelry, traditional hairstyles, as well as accessories like weapons, or burden baskets.
Size: 12 ½” and 11 1/2" tall (32 and 29.5 cms tall)
One of a kind indigenous art: traditional basketry dolls created from split and dyed wild palm fronds of the 'chunga' palm collected in the rainforest of the Darien region of eastern Panama. Basket making among the Embera tribe is a traditionally feminine activity and these extraordinary dolls are created by one woman, out of the whole tribe, in the Embera village of Sambu. For this reason alone, these figures are exceptionally collectable for their novelty and rarity. Special attention is given in the details of these traditionally-attired male and female Embera figures. Featuring the the patterns of the (still practiced) full body corporal markings (done with a type of neo-tropical 'henna' from the "ink" of the juice of a certain wild fruit), abundant jewelry, traditional hairstyles, as well as accessories like weapons, or burden baskets.