Telma Mejia
Basket with Triangles Design
21st century
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Telma Mejia
Basket with Triangles Design
21st century
Physical Qualities
Palm leaves, natural dyes, 8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gregory Lehne, Baltimore
Object Number
2025.203
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 three rows of nested triangles. This basket displays an especially fine weave.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Dr. Gregory P. Lehne, Baltimore, by purchase, 2015; Rainforest Baskets (Jennifer & Ed Kuyper) by commission; the artist
