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Take 25% off Jewelry through May 9th! Discount applied at checkout.
MyMia Members, use code "MyMia" for member pricing. Please review our shipping and curbside pickup information as you are placing your order.
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Sail your way through the holiday season with this hand-beaded sailboat ornament. Blue sailboat with yellow, orange, and red striped sail.
2.5 front to back, 2.25" tall
Glass bead exterior; plastic filling
Spot clean
Handmade and Fairly Traded
Our beaded ornaments and pins are made by a women’s co-operative in a small village on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. The women work in groups of five or so to produce these designs. The glass beads are placed in a multicolored pile upon a flat surface in front of each woman, and are picked up on needles held between each woman's thumb and index finger in a process so quick and precise that it seems like sleight of hand. As beads accrue, the sculpture emerges. Beaders must learn to weave or sculpt each new design separately, and to achieve the uniformity necessary they must memorize hundreds of steps for each figure.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Phone: 612.870.3100
Email: thestore@artsmia.org