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Panamanian Wounaan Chunga Palm Woven Vessel

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Panamanian Wounaan Chunga Palm Woven Vessel
Featured in this lot is this Panamanian Wounaan palm woven vessel. The woven vessel features a wonderfully and professionally crafted Chunga Palm woven construction that shows geometric patterns with diamonds around the side walling and shows a woven lip with coloration of off white, light brown, and dark brown. 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 basket is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this Wounaan basket is 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" x 4 1/2". The collective weight of this basket is U6oz.