Chong Guatico and Wounaan
Basket with Design Based on Jagua Tattoos
21st century
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- Artist: Chong Guatico
- Culture Culture: Wounaan
Basket with Design Based on Jagua Tattoos
21st century
Physical Qualities
Palm leaves, natural dyes, 13 × 11 1/2 in. (33 × 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gregory Lehne, Baltimore
Object Number
2025.201
The basket was made from native palm (chunga and naguala palm) leaves which were shredded, dyed with natural pigments, and needle woven into a design of 11 rows of variations on a squared spiral design. The design and enclosing grid outline, black against a white background, are based on Embera-Wounaan body painting motifs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Dr. Gregory P. Lehne, Baltimore, by purchase, 2020; Rainforest Baskets (Jennifer & Ed Kuyper) by commission; the artist
