Around the World is dedicated to providing a marketplace for traditionally produced Native American baskets, one of the oldest Indian arts and being present in largely unchanged form. The Native Americans have created a repertoire of basket shapes and design elements specific, if not unique, to each tribal grouping. The variety and beauty of these creations are prized throughout the world.
Baskets are ideal for starting a Native American art collection.
The Indian baskets offered by Hands Around the World come from several unique tribes. The women weave and decorate the baskets. They make both flat baskets and burden baskets which are carried by a strap around the forehead. The Yekuana Indians are a very traditional tribe living along the riverbanks in the Amazon Rainforest in Venezuela. Their basket making is very advanced, reminiscent of the Cherokee's basketry.