WOVEN TURTLE FAIR -TRADE ORNAMENT - MADE BY PERUVIAN AMAZON ARTISAN
This unique fair-trade ornament represents an Amazon turtle. It will look great hanging on your Christmas tree, rear-view mirror or adding a colorful touch to another part of your home. It comes in a variety of vibrant colors. Two models open up so a ring or other little treasure can be stored inside.
This ornament was woven with chambira palm fiber by an Amazon artisan. The sale of these ornaments supports forest conservation and helps meet local needs in traditional communities in Peru.
Each ornament comes with a tag listing the name and village of the artisan who made it and the plants used to make it. Please remember that each ornament is hand-made and may vary from the photo shown for this craft.
Model: ORR006
Also see: Dancing woven turtle decorations; Turtle Calabash Ornarment and Rattle
Support native artisans & rainforest in the Amazon
Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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