Caribbean Beach Unique Mayan Hammock from Mexico (Single) _artisan--novica-artisan-11388 your purchase helps to improve

your purchase helps to improve their lives -- as well as those of their families and community

5" (14 cm) wooden handles

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Caribbean Beach Unique Mayan Hammock from Mexico (Single) _artisan--novica-artisan-11388 your purchase helps to improveThis beige hand woven hammock recalls the soft sands of the Caribbean. Mexico's Maya Artists of the Yucatn preserve the weaving techniques inherited from their Maya ancestors to ensure the hammock tradition. 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