Green Vineyard Collectible Striped Mayan Hammock (Double) _artisan--novica-artisan-3477 Mexican artisan Sergio Ponce designs

Mexican artisan Sergio Ponce designs this pair of Talavera-style wall sculptures

executed in silver and centered with a turquoise as blue as the sky

Each: 66 in

The hides are only obtained after an animal dies of old age or natural causes

Small bowl measures approximately 10" - 13" L (25

Green Vineyard Collectible Striped Mayan Hammock (Double) _artisan--novica-artisan-3477 Mexican artisan Sergio Ponce designsEvoking ripe sea grapes, the Maya Artists of the Yucatn select purple and green for this colorful hammock. They weave it by hand in the same way they have for centuries. Long before the Spanish arrived upon the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Maya preferred to sleep and rest in hammocks. They considered the hammock to be like the loving embrace of a mother, due to the comfortable manner in which the body is held and swung within its cradle. Maya