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Panamanian Wounaan Chunga Palm Woven Vessel

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 800.00 USD
Panamanian Wounaan Chunga Palm Woven Vessel
Featured in this lot is this Panamanian Wounaan Chunga Palm woven vessel. The Panamanian vessel features a wonderfully and professionally crafted Chunga Palm woven construction that shows butterflys woven into the decoration that shows off white, yellow, light red, and dark brown coloration. In Wounmeu, the language of the Wounaan, there is a special name for fine traditional coil-construction palm-fiber baskets: hösig di. Expert weavers stitch silk-fine strands of the black palm they call chunga or werregue, richly colored with vegetal dyes, over coils of naguala palm. The condition of this Panamanian Wounaan woven vessel is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this woven basket is 6 1/4" x 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". The collective weight of this woven vessel is 8oz.