The Wounaan live in houses that are built on stilts (palafitos), and the design of this basket depicts the stairs that are used to climb up to the house from dugout canoes on the river.
Given the nature and story of these Werregue palm pendants, the tightly woven fiber results in an opaque shade, with a focused spot light emanating from the bottom mouth of the fixture.
Each pendant is one-of-a-kind.