Vintage Ye'kuana Indigenous Venezuelan Amazon Wa'pa Basket Tray, Hand-Woven
$ 39.6
Description
Vintage Ye'kuana Indigenous Venezuelan Amazon Wa'pa Basket Tray, Hand-Woven. A museum-quality hand-woven basket tray made by the Ye'kuana people of the Venezuelan Amazon, one of the most celebrated indigenous weaving traditions in the world. This form, known as a Wa'pa or Guapa, is a large flat circular tray used in daily Ye'kuana life for food preparation, specifically the processing of cassava, the staple root that forms the foundation of Amazonian diet and culture. A museum-quality hand-woven basket tray made by the Ye'kuana people of the Venezuelan Amazon, one of the most celebrated indigenous weaving traditions in the world. This form, known as a Wa'pa or Guapa, is a large flat circular tray used in daily Ye'kuana life for food preparation, specifically the processing of cassava, the staple root that forms the foundation of Amazonian diet and culture. At 15.5 inches in diameter this is a substantial and commanding piece, large enough to make a genuine statement displayed on a wall, a dining table, a console or a coffee table. Ye'kuana baskets of this quality are collected by ethnographic art specialists, interior designers and folk art collectors worldwide and are increasingly difficult to source outside of Venezuela. Pickup near downtown Culver City.
