MARCOLIA IS MAKING A BASKET WITH A
PARROT, TREE AND BUTTERFLY MOTIF. THE NAWALA FIBERS WHICH FORM THE COIL ARE
VISIBLE.
MARCOLIA IS MAKING A BASKET WITH A
PARROT, TREE AND BUTTERFLY MOTIF. THE NAWALA FIBERS WHICH FORM THE COIL ARE
VISIBLE.
A
GROUP OF WOUNAAN WOMEN ARE AT WORK IN A COMUNITY NEAR THE CAPITAL. THEY WEAVE IN
THEIR SPARE TIME WHILE THE OLDER CHILDREN ARE AT SCHOOL. THE LARGE BASKETS IN
PROGRESS WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE. MUCH OF THE BASKET-MAKING IS DONE
AT NIGHT WHEN THERE ARE FEWER INTERRUPTIONS. IF A WOMAN RUNS OUT OF FIBERS, SHE
WILL EITHER HAVE TO RETURN TO THEIR VILLAGE OR WAIT UNTIL A RELATIVE COMES IN
FROM THE RAINFOREST.