Green Vineyard Collectible Striped Mayan Hammock (Double) _artisan--novica-artisan-9788 Maya Artists of the Yucatan

Maya Artists of the Yucatan use traditional techniques to skillfully hand-weave this splendid hammock

Beautifully carved from crocodile wood

suspended from posts of gleaming sterling silver

Handcrafted Blue Jaipur Pottery is decorated with playful animals

and their community

Green Vineyard Collectible Striped Mayan Hammock (Double) _artisan--novica-artisan-9788 Maya Artists of the YucatanEvoking 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