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    Antique Textiles, Historic Southwest Landscape Paintings, Historic Photography, Historic and Contemporary American Indian Pottery, Contemporary Southwest Paintings, Embroidery Art, Contemporary Photography, Wounaan Indian Baskets of the Darién Rainforest of Panama, Wounaan Tagua Nut Carvings.

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    For many years the Wounaan and Emberá Indians living in
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Wounaan Indian Baskets and Tagua Carvings of the Darien Rainforest of Panama

The Wounaan Indian women who live in the Darien Rainforest of Panama have been weaving baskets for sale for only a few decades but are possibly the finest decorative baskets in the world today. The baskets are made of Chunga palm leaves with Plant and earth dyes. Read Understanding and Appreciating the Wounaan Basket to learn more.

CONTEMPORARY BASKETS FROM THE WOUNAAN INDIAN OF PANAMA are considered to be the finest baskets being made in the world today. We have an incredible collection of the finest quality Wounaan baskets in “Black and White”, "Colorful Geometric and “Pictorial" styles. Their size ranges from 1 inch miniatures to 20 inches plus large baskets. We organized our Wounaan Indian baskets by the following categories: Black & White Geometric, Colorful Geometric, Pictorial.

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Black and White Geometric

Black and White Geometric

Colorful Geometric

Colorful Geometric

Pictorial

Pictorial

Wounaan Tagua Ivory Nut Carvings

Wounaan Tagua Ivory Nut Carvings

Contempoary Carvings from the Darien Rainforest of Panama

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