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Title	Basket
Description	Palm fibers ; 3.5 x 3'; Women of the Wounaan and Ember tribes make elegant baskets from the fibers of the natural plant and chunga palm, which grow in the Darien rain forest of Panama.The fibers of the natural plant are used for the foundation, while strands of the finer chunga palm are used as the sewing material. The color pigments are derived from the Earth and various plants. Each beautiful basket is a unique example of ethnic fiber art. Each Wounaan or Ember basket is a one-of-kind piece, and is the result of many hours of labor, as well as an expression of the artist's own individual talent and artistic vision.The basket is also a repository of cultural information. Basket designs often incorporate religious symbols or representations of cultural artifacts or the artist's natural environment. Older geometric or simple figure basket designs have cultural meaning that is often derived from traditional body painting and tattoo designs used in ceremonies or designs painted on boats and altars to facilitate communication with the spirits.
Subject	Embera baskets ; Waunana baskets ; Baskets--Panama ; Basket making--Panama ; Native Central American Art ; Post-contact, 1500- Central American ; Art, Central American
Publisher	Rainforest Art; Balboa Ancon, Panama; 2003
Rights	Giertz Education Center @ the Krannert Art Museum