White-Haired Riverstripe Horse Mask - Handmade Embera Art monochromatic this one roars

this one roars

and at this scale every line of the maze had to be planned before the first stitch and executed without one error

and one of the few with a hand-braided strap

We travel to Panama every year to sit with these weavers

Thirteen inches tall in dark palm browns banded with cream: a feathered crown

White-Haired Riverstripe Horse Mask - Handmade Embera Art monochromatic this one roarsThe Riverstripe Horse The white mane is what stops people. One of one. The Story The white mane is what stops people. Long pale fiber against bold riverstripe geometry, and the whole mask takes on the presence of the river guardians honored in Ember tradition. It is a big, confident piece and it changes the wall it hangs on. Handwoven in Panamas Darin from palm fiber and natural dyes, entirely by hand. One of a kind. My first mask weavers were Roxana