PHOTOGRAPH BY JEAN-PHILIPPE SOULÉ 2001
Long bundles of fibers, like a cords, are coiled concentrically and then wrapped with dyed fibers at intervals that create geometric patterns as the basket grows outwards. Very fine and time-consuming work. Puerto Lara, Darien, Panama.
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