Museum Quality Unique Wounaan Indian Hösig Di Basket Minute Colorful Zigzag Art

Pricing & History

Sold for
Start Free Trial or Sign In to see what it's worth.
Sold Date
Source eBay

We are closing our doors so everything has been reduced! Check Dominique Rice Oceania Store in Sun Sentinel Newspaper, Fort Lauderdale, for information on our collection and authentic art. Check my “Me” page on ebay (next to the star with my number of transactions) for valuable information about all we carry besides what is currently listed since we do not have time to list everything at once and will add these other items as time permits . If you have any questions, contact us or call for documents and further information on pieces. All our collector and rare items come with pages and pages of research about provenance, and with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. When shipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, and find the best rates which ebay often fails to calculate right. If you have any questions or want to see research conducted on this piece and photos of tribes, email or call us. We have artifacts and architectural accents up to 10 ft tall that we will put on upon request because shipping has to be calculated accordingly with trucking company. This is a earthtones Geometric zig zag flame motif done to perfection with a fine tight weave stunning and minute work done by the weaver named Ida Liris. Absolutely gorgeous weaving and so intricate with great combinaison of colors Quality artwork and time consuming detail. We only buy the tightest, the best designs and the greatest color combinaisons, all museum quality. Silk stitch. We have a wide variety of the best quality and motifs available in Wounaan baskets. We have sold them internationally, and to museums as well, because of their perfection and high quality. You are buying the Wounaan Hösig Di basket on the first 6 photos, collected in the Darién Rainforest of Panamá. Size 5 " high x 5 1/2" wide x 15" all around. This is a great price for this time consuming detailed masterpiece of hand woven art, the finest work: compare! The baskets we carry have the most minuscule and tightest weave available (baskets can even contain water), we only pick perfection, as well as the best designs to be found in these collector baskets, the finest in the world. Other baskets shown on photos 7 to 12 are also available. A Thread-like fiber material, harvested from the new shoots of the Chunga Palm, was used to create the outstanding minute weave above. The Wounaan Indians of the Darien Rainforest of Panama are the finest weavers in the world. They construct a basket with weave is so tiny that it can contain liquids: the fiber used is the Chunga palm leaf (new shoot - also used to weave Panama hats-) only found in the Darien rainforest. Their intricate and minute motifs range from tropical flora and fauna to varied geometric patterns. Baskets are woven with a needle and can be compared to a textile, so minuscule is the weave. The colors are obtained from natural vegetal dyes: roots, berries, herbs, leaves and even silt-fine mud. Master weavers have refined the silk-stitch or rib-stitch technique, working 60-90 or more thread-fine strands of chunga per inch in a extremely detailed and tedious tight stitching, and creating masterpieces that ressemble a fine tapestry. Basket designs are a work of art so complex and intertwined that keeping the stitch-by-stitch ramblings of animals, flowers, butterflies, birds, insects in check is a difficult task that takes a tremendous amount of time. Some baskets can take up to 3 years to complete as a result. The Indians believe that all plants and animals are related to each other, thus weavers seek the harmony of nature when creating baskets our of the nature around them, they capture the spirit of their world in their art which is museum quality. They also work a technique more complex than twining—coil construction, starting with a small bundle of fibers tied in a s... read more

Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members’ research needs.

Flag item for content or copyright

If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please contact us here to flag it for review.

If you are the originator/copyright holder of this photo/item and would prefer it be excluded from our community, contact us here for removal.