Origin : Okaina community, La Chorrera township, Amazons, Colombia

Technique : basket weaving

Materials : yaré vine and cumare

Approximate dimensions : 18" d x 1" h

The Okaina coral woven tray is exquisite. The color combination, weave quality, design and proportions make it a perfect accent piece. It can be used as a bar tray, a dining table center piece or simply to place votive candles on, amongst so many other things.

Also known as the 'sons of tabaco, coca and sweet yuca', the indigenous Okaina community, located in the southern-most part of Colombia, has a population of just 285 people. Basket weaving has traditionally been an important part of the cultural activities of the community. For more than 15 years, under the leadership of Don Jose Pablo Neikase, 26 artisans have been working together to maintain the social and economic sustainability of the community and keep this ancestral technique alive.  

Each Okaina basket is crafted using ancestral symbology, and their designs are dictated by a story ... a story of the people, the region and the nature that surrounds them.